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Now, with time and wisdom you know your happy places.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Hugh Dennis
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I am probably happiest now, but I have been happy at every stage of my life.
Daphne Guinness
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I am often happiest on a shoot with David LaChapelle, being pushed to the extremes – either suspended from a harness or immersed in a tank of water. He calls it “extreme modelling”.
Richard Branson
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The births of my kids and my wedding spring to mind.
Susan Calman
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Genuinely – and my wife, Lee, knows this – dancing with Kevin Clifton on Strictly.
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I haven’t stopped crying since Glastonbury, because I’m on a massive comedown.
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