Q&A

I love The Guardian Magazine's Q&A page because I'm nosey. I had a go at answering the questions myself and realised it wasn't all that easy. When I got friends and family to join in I discovered things about people I never knew - or would guess.

Colour in the bleak mid-Winter

T'was the morning before Christmas and the east facing windows became pictures in themselves. 

Q&A Ellie B

When were you happiest?
When I finished my first year of teaching - I was exhausted but so very happy

What is your greatest fear?
I am scared of spiders but I truly fear being seriously injured and alone (how pleasant)

What is your earliest memory?
Either swimming in a lake full of tadpoles in Austria or running down a hill into a cow pat

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Greed

Q&A Jimmy (aged 6)

When were you happiest? 
When my brother Declan was born
What is your greatest fear? 
The Dark - actually the really really dark.
What is your earliest memory? 
Going to Berlin

Boxing Day at Walberswick and Southwold

Frosty and bright, my eyes aren't used to this!

Q&A Terri

When were you happiest?         
When I spent time with my Grandad
What is your greatest fear?     
Loneliness
What is your earliest memory?   
Visiting my dad on board a naval ship

Q&A Beverley

When were you happiest?

In July when our family was all together

What is your greatest fear?

Outliving my children

What is your earliest memory?

Locking my grandmother in the pantry, aged 3