Marian Keyes
Irish writer
Last Tuesday, lying on the couch, watching Schitt’s Creek with my husband. Happiness is the small, ordinary days, not the big, up-in-lights ones.
When were you happiest?
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When I got my dogs, Charlie and Ziggy Stardust. One is a pomeranian mix and the other is a rescue mutt, and, oh my God, he's so cute.
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David Shrigley
British visual artist
Walking the dog on a beach in Dorset with my wife.
When our family was complete.
Eddie Izzard
British comedian and actress
Living in Bangor, County Down, because my mum was still alive. She died when I was six.
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