When were you happiest?

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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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Recorded Nicholas Parsons said elsewhere, not written here
When my children Suzy and Justin were small: I loved watching them grow up, helping and encouraging them.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2015 source ↗

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Julian Lloyd Webber British cellist and conductor
When I was 16, I’d just won full scholarships to both the Royal Academy and the Royal College of Music, and felt like the world was my oyster.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2023 source ↗
Ian Wright English footballer and pundit
1990 FA Cup final, playing for Crystal Palace.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2019 source ↗
Yoko Ono Japanese artist and activist
When the war was over—whichever war that was.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 1995 source ↗

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