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.

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Recorded Jane Asher said elsewhere, not written here
The early family skiing holidays – before I’d broken an ankle and Gerald had torn a ligament – were just wonderful.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗

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Nick Robinson British political journalist
Toasting marshmallows on an open fire in Yosemite national park.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2013 source ↗
Katharine Hamnett English fashion designer
Camping with my parents in the south of France. We went every year with the beautiful bell tent they made on a sewing machine. We even had a lavatory tent which was fabulous except, one day, it blew away with my father in it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2019 source ↗
In Macon, Georgia, during my childhood. I knew everybody there—it was like the whole town was your family. I felt complete there.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2001 source ↗

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