Charles Dance: 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 Charles Dance said elsewhere, not written here

Frequently, especially now with what’s happening in the Middle East.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2024 source ↗

Others on this question

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Bernadine Evaristo English author and academic

I cried after I won the Booker.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗

Pauline McLynn Irish character actress and author

Walking along Oxford Street on Saturday pulling a shopping trolley that my mother bought me. I remember saying, “I’m never going to use that!” and there I was, very grateful to have it in my life. She died before Christmas and I can’t ring her to tell her that she was right.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2023 source ↗

Big Narstie British entertainer

Yesterday – I’m bipolar.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2022 source ↗

Zack Polanski

Deputy leader Mothin Ali gave a speech at conference talking about growing up in poverty and the effect it had on his family. It was incredibly powerful and I had tears streaming from my eyes.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗