The question
What most recently moved you to tears?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.
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On New Year’s day I was so hungover my hair actually hurt. I lay on the sofa with my daughter and we watched The Muppets for two hours and I cried with laughter.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2018 source ↗
I have wet eyes sometimes, but I cried all my tears in my youth.
I often cry when people do things well, like on Britain’s Got Talent; I cried at the old ladies doing finger knitting.
My kids wrote a song for me, recorded it on to a CD and it was played before my last Australian Open. I had no idea until I heard it live on TV.
When I discovered my cat was blind.
Leeds United signing a decent striker.
Diamonds for my wife.
I am pretty happy right now. I have just got back from a dog walk. I have loads of nice work coming out. I am feeling pretty chipper.
My kids, for the jokes. Some of them are pretty bad.
A Yorkshire cricketer, but I wasn’t good enough.
Steven Spielberg. I can’t think of many people who have improved the human experience as much as that one man.
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