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This morning. Thinking of my wife.
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Edward Fox
British actor
I cry all the time. I like crying: it means that you’re more truly aware of a circumstance or a person or an event.
I cry all the time in front of the telly. I was doing Gogglebox with Julian Clary recently and I cried watching The Piano.
I cried last week after talking about marriage equality with my daughters. My oldest let slip that she believed that if the supreme court overturned Obergefell, she wouldn’t have parents any more. I felt angry with my country and ashamed that I didn’t consider the possibility that she might think that.
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.
More from Ronald Harwood
View profile →Murray Perahia, because he is a great pianist, and temporarily lost the use of one hand, which prevented him from playing. His courage was beyond description.
Basking in the sun.
Having a heart attack two days after my wife’s funeral.
Unpacking scenery from a pantechnicon for the Carl Rosa Opera Company.
A Mercedes S Class.
The death of my wife: I’d happily have gone first.
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