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What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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Samira Ahmed
British journalist and writer
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.
Michael Ball
English singer, presenter and actor
Watching Long Lost Family on telly.
At a function for the True Colors Fund, where formerly homeless gay and transgender kids were telling their stories. It was heartbreaking.
Ralph Ineson
English actor and narrator
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.
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At the BBC, in the old days, a piece of paper was sent to various households for them to report on what they’d watched that week. In my early 20s, I collated the data. It was deeply boring.
Never getting back to a size 12.
Having someone to love.
An actor or a nun.
Swimming down the Thames on a full moon night 10 years ago. It was dangerous, but extremely joyful.
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