Keren Woodward: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

The question

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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 said elsewhere, not written here

The last few years. There’s a beauty to getting to an age where you really don’t care about stuff that used to bother you.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

Others on this question

Julien Macdonald Welsh fashion designer

With my family in Wales.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 October 2016 source ↗

Whenever I’m swimming in the lido at London Fields.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗

Harry Redknapp English football player and manager

When I met [my wife] Sandra. I was coming up 17. We met at the Two Puddings, a dance hall in Stratford.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2019 source ↗

Lance Black American screenwriter, director, producer and activist

The most unabashed joy I’ve ever felt was that first 24 hours of magic after our son was born in California last June.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2019 source ↗