Bonnie Raitt
Singer and guitarist
As a kid, my summers at camp in the Adirondacks. And as an adult, when I’m onstage.
When were you happiest?
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As a young child in the West Indies and having fun with my friends, playing sport and hanging about.
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Lorraine Pascale
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When my daughter Ella was born.
Eddie Izzard
British comedian and actress
Living in Bangor, County Down, because my mum was still alive. She died when I was six.
I was happiest in every aspect of my life in the 1990s, when I was married to Paddy [King, a management consultant] and we had the two children and my mum lived with us, and Countdown was the biggest show on Channel 4.
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