The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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In despair, because of my wife’s illness.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗
This morning: I lost a couple of friends recently and it’s been tough.
When I was recording a track called May, about my mum.
Watching Gone With The Wind for the 100th time.
Meeting Richard Ratcliffe outside the Foreign Office during his hunger strike to try to get action to free Nazanin. I’m moved by the loyalty and strength of that couple and their family.
To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.
When I was doing a masterclass at a theatre and I had to leave the stage because I was about to shit my pants.
Curious, energetic, droll.
Warmth and confidence.
The rest is silence.
Edward Bond, the playwright, said I was like a turd flowing on the effluent of British culture.
Erin Doherty, Andy Serkis, Anne Enright, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Phoebe Dynevor, Ray Mears
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