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.

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My wedding day, listening to my brother’s best-man speech.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2015 source ↗

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On the island of Bequia—one summer, out of the blue, a benefactor (thank you, Charlene) flew our entire family there and put us up in a cliffside house that was a weird mixture of Gaudí and Fred Flintstone and where we went to sleep at eight and got up at five. In between we read, swam, hiked, and unknowingly enjoyed the last moment before the irrevocable shear of adolescence set in.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2018 source ↗
Mel Brooks
Probably during my childhood growing up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2021 source ↗
Max Whitlock English artistic gymnast
Standing on the podium in Rio: winning a gold medal for the pommel was 100% the pinnacle of my career.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2016 source ↗

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