The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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The Strictly Come Dancing final almost destroyed me. I was howling all the way through – John and Johannes and then Rose and Giovanni. Oh my God.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
I cry a lot at films; my mother and I were champion criers at Meet Me in St Louis.
In the first room of the Australian art exhibition at the RA. Don't know why. Loved it.
I cry when I'm happy, I cry when I'm sad. I cried the other night watching some family getting back together on some documentary.
Watching Long Lost Family on telly.
There are different flavours of happy, but I think my favourite is the quiet contentment when several generations of family are sitting together watching a crowd-pleaser like Harry Potter on the telly.
A caravan. I was brought up going on caravan holidays – but we quickly realised that a double-axle caravan was too much of a commitment and sold it.
My biggest disappointment is always myself. That’s my Catholic upbringing.
It would have been lovely to have grown up in private like a lot of my friends.
I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.
I wanted to be like my dad, who was an academic, because he had an office packed full of books, always had loud music on, and seemed to get to do what he wanted.
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