The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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Listening to Iris DeMent singing Our Town, because of her voice and the truth of what she is singing about, which is that small towns and communities are dying all over.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2016 source ↗
When I was recording a track called May, about my mum.
In 2001, when my eldest son died.
I cry a lot, so the last time was no big moment.
I cry about 10 times a week. I’m a real softy.
Fixing a municipal sewer pipe.
With tenderness.
Getting knocked down by a bus. The experience left me with the exhilaration of life enhanced.
Huckleberry Finn.
Robert Bathurst, Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Martin Clunes, Craig Revel Horwood, Carlos Acosta
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