The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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I genuinely can’t remember crying.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗
Two and a half weeks ago, when a loved one was going away. Separations never get any easier.
In 2001, when my eldest son died.
Three days ago, when my makeup artist poked me in the eye.
Frequently, especially now with what’s happening in the Middle East.
Independent, curious and funny.
There are one or two relationships where I’d see the red flags much earlier.
I still say yes to too many things.
My aeroplane, a Diamond DA42. It’s a twin-engine aircraft and I bought her brand new to fly around the world solo. Very sadly my mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer about six weeks before I was due to take off, in May 2017, and she died early June. After that, I lost interest in doing it.
Like I would die for them in a nanosecond.
Living in a campervan for a week with Timmy Mallett for a children’s TV show about 40 years ago.
Charlotte Rampling, Lauren Laverne, Kate Mosse, Julie Delpy, Geoffrey Rush, Kerry Godliman
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