The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Very recently, when a graduate at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology gave the most brilliant speech on behalf of the students at our first graduation.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 December 2021 source ↗
Watching dying babies on TV.
Last week – A303 eastbound carriageway closures.
I teared up when I did a voiceover for my memoir while talking about my mother-in-law, whom I adored and miss so much.
Meeting Richard Ratcliffe outside the Foreign Office during his hunger strike to try to get action to free Nazanin. I’m moved by the loyalty and strength of that couple and their family.
Creating jobs and opportunities for thousands of people.
An overwhelming sensation of caring and passion.
Changing the way young engineers are educated through the Dyson Institute, and fostering creativity and innovation through our foundation.
I had no idea whatsoever, and nor did anyone else. I thought I’d go to art school and see whether I liked it – and of course I did, and stayed.
David Hockney, because he’s so experimental and creative. He continually reinvents himself in a really delightful way.
Rory Bremner, Courteney Cox, Olivia Williams, Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Sarah Parish, Mary Berry
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