The question
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 ↗
When Kellie Harrington won gold for Ireland in the boxing at the Paris Olympics I pumped out the briny.
At the election of Joe Biden, thinking we were out of the woods. Wrong.
Watching the movie Everest.
During lockdown, I found out I wasn’t pregnant any more.
When my mother died in my arms, I feel I witnessed her spirit leaving her body, so let’s just wait and see.
Not listening to me.
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.
As a man who tried his best to entertain.
In an audition at the Royal Court, this man called out, “Were you trained?”
Glass half full.
Corinne Bailey Rae, Bryan Adams, Róisín Murphy, Naga Munchetty, Vick Hope, Maggie O'Farrell
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