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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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When I was 15 and starting my first job as a messenger boy at the post office, delivering telegrams.
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Getting married at Islington register office in 1994.
Right here, right now.
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On holiday in Orlando with my wife, Kate, and kids just before lockdown. I wasn’t drinking or gambling. I was so happy, so at peace with myself – I’d been searching for that for many a year.
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