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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In 2001, when my eldest son died.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗
I have to say I am an easy sob. I don’t mind, because there’s no harm in having a big man cry.
Yesterday, talking about my brother, who passed away.
In the first room of the Australian art exhibition at the RA. Don't know why. Loved it.
Yesterday. Everything seemed impossible.
My work. What shape will it take?
As a nice old man.
Being able to paint the way I do.
A fellow artist called me a flaneur!
Recently, as people began to understand what I am trying to do in my painting.
A detective. Or a writer. Or a poet.
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