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What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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Watching the Festival of Remembrance last autumn.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 March 2025 source ↗
In the first room of the Australian art exhibition at the RA. Don't know why. Loved it.
I cry every day. Sometimes out of frustration. I do grieve my mum, so I allow the grief to sit until it’s not there any more.
Listening to Iris DeMent singing Our Town, because of her voice and the truth of what she is singing about, which is that small towns and communities are dying all over.
I almost cried last night because of the lack of sleep.
If you’d asked me last year, I would have said a knee replacement.
Freddie Flintoff. He played cricket in the best spirit and in his series Field of Dreams, you could see the boys hanging on his every word. He’s a special guy.
When my mother died in my arms, I feel I witnessed her spirit leaving her body, so let’s just wait and see.
Glass half full.
My childhood. I was an only child, happy and secure, and there was always plenty of time to play cricket.
My beautiful silver Jaguar XKR soft-top.
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