Marina Diamandis: What most recently made you cry?

What most recently made you cry?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Marina Diamandis said elsewhere, not written here

Three days ago. I don’t even know why. Sometimes I just feel emotional about how vulnerable humans are.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2025 source ↗

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June Brown English actress and author

I have wet eyes sometimes, but I cried all my tears in my youth.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2013 source ↗

Judy Murray Scottish tennis coach

When Sean Connery died. He was a big tennis fan – a big Andy fan – and I met him a few times.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 December 2020 source ↗

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 ↗

Lorraine Pascale British model and cook

When I spilled hot fat on my hand a couple of weeks ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2014 source ↗

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Question What is your greatest fear? Identity & self

Not trying something I really want to do.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2025 source ↗

Question Which book are you ashamed not to have read? Taste & recommendation

None! We shouldn’t shame people for not having read “the greats”. There are always new greats emerging that may feel more relevant to our life experience, particularly female writers.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2025 source ↗