What most recently made you cry?

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Recorded Joan Collins said elsewhere, not written here
Watching dying babies on TV.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2014 source ↗

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Pauline McLynn Irish character actress and author
Walking along Oxford Street on Saturday pulling a shopping trolley that my mother bought me. I remember saying, “I’m never going to use that!” and there I was, very grateful to have it in my life. She died before Christmas and I can’t ring her to tell her that she was right.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2023 source ↗
We’re not really allowed to cry where I’m from. I can only cry in summer, at the height of hay fever.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 December 2025 source ↗
I cry all the time in front of the telly. I was doing Gogglebox with Julian Clary recently and I cried watching The Piano.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2026 source ↗
Courtney Pine British jazz musician
When my new-born daughter Cleopatra died and I wasn’t there. I was doing a US tour and I remember sitting down in an airport and losing it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗

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