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.

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

Recorded Cuba Gooding Jr said elsewhere, not written here
When I am working. I hate to say it.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2012 source ↗

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Matt Goss English singer-songwriter
At 37 Crawford Road in Camberwell, London. My mother had separated from my father and we had nothing, but I remember roast potatoes, twopence in the gas meter and music. It was the only time in my life when I felt at home.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 March 2022 source ↗
Kim Gordon American musician and artist
In kindergarten, riding my bike and making objects out of clay.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗
Patricia Hodge English actress
In the minutes, hours, days and weeks after having my children. I was 42 and 45. There’s nothing like new life.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 September 2018 source ↗
Sally Bercow British public personality
When I hit 40. I made a lot of mistakes in my 20s and spent most of my 30s changing nappies.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2011 source ↗

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