Charlotte Church: When were you happiest?

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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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Charlotte Church said elsewhere, not written here

In the first lockdown. Obviously, there was terrible grief and sadness and fear around, but there was also this reclaiming for nature. I was constantly at my allotment with the big kids and my husband.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2022 source ↗

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Jo Brand English entertainer

I don’t tend to rank happy times.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2015 source ↗

Mike Wallace American journalist

Nineteen thirty-nine. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Station WOOD, 20 bucks a week.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2015 source ↗

Eddie Izzard British comedian and actress

Living in Bangor, County Down, because my mum was still alive. She died when I was six.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2016 source ↗

Alexander Armstrong English actor, comedian, broadcaster and singer

Now. Although I am on tour and I will be deliriously happy when that finishes, because I'll be back home.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 November 2010 source ↗