Mathew Horne: What most recently moved you to tears?

The question

What most recently moved you to tears?

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Mathew Horne

English actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Yesterday, because grief creeps up on you.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗

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Big Narstie British entertainer

Yesterday – I’m bipolar.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2022 source ↗

Paul Whitehouse Welsh comedian

When my dad died this year.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 June 2018 source ↗

James Dyson British inventor and businessman

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.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 December 2021 source ↗

Melanie Blatt English singer

I haven’t stopped crying since Glastonbury, because I’m on a massive comedown.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗

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Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

Last Christmas I was clipped by a train. Mum was dying so my head was elsewhere. I was walking home and had to cross one of those crossings that say, “Stop, look and listen.” I didn’t do any of those things, and I had my headphones in so I couldn’t even hear the train. It clipped my left elbow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗