The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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Telling a story to my son about my brother.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
I cried recently, thinking about my late wife.
Yesterday because I was being paid to do it on stage.
Singing Abide With Me at the funeral of Bruce Reynolds [ringleader of the Great Train Robbery], March 2013.
When Maradona died, I cried for three days.
Holding a large and fragile glass object in a very dangerous environment.
An accounting is given of our lives. Did you give more than you’ve taken? Hurt more people than you’ve helped?
When I worked at a dog food company shovelling the exterminated rats.
Redemption. People can be redeemed, goals can be redeemed.
Because it’s in one of my songs, War and Peace.
Empathetic, humble and strong.
Guz Khan, Ben Kingsley, Zack Polanski, Bryan Cranston, Sally Lindsay, Emilia Fox
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