The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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In the hospital when my children were born.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗
I was a happy kid. I had quite a small life: I grew up in Walthamstow and didn’t really leave east London. I didn’t go to the South Bank for the first time until I was 18 years old.
Christmas 2007 – I got hair straighteners.
About twice a week I think I’m having the best day of my life. When was I happiest? Er, Tuesday.
I'm nearly always happy.
A plate of fettuccine ragù with my kids.
I’m a perfectionist; it’s boring.
To overcook that plate of fettuccine.
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