Bobby Gillespie: 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 Bobby Gillespie said elsewhere, not written here

When Maradona died, I cried for three days.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 May 2021 source ↗

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Ronald Harwood South African playwright and novelist

This morning. Thinking of my wife.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 November 2016 source ↗

Ray Mears British woodsman and TV presenter

While tracking wolves in Idaho, we came across a wolf carcass. It was likely the pack had been poisoned in a deliberate act. I am a hunter, but I respect wildlife and I also respect predators.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2016 source ↗

Rebecca Lucy Taylor

On stage at the Brixton Academy on the third night of the residency I did there. I walked out and could not stop crying, some sort of mad relief that it’s all paid off and it’s all been worth it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Naga Munchetty