Sally Lindsay: What most recently moved you to tears? — FLAPSS

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What most recently moved you to tears?

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Sally Lindsay

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I am a perimenopausal woman, so about two minutes ago, at a dog being adopted on Insta.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

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Nadiya Hussain British television chef, baker and author

Last week, when I dropped a mug on my foot.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 September 2016 source ↗

Ian Wright English footballer and pundit

Driving the other day; thinking about being 19 and being in prison, tears came to my eyes.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2019 source ↗

Steffi Graf German tennis player

He said it was guacamole. It was wasabi.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

Richard Bacon English television and radio presenter

Reading Joe Biden’s son’s tribute to his late brother, Beau, at his funeral.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2015 source ↗

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A radio journalist or on the till at Marks & Spencer.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Kind, loyal and (slightly) mad.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

Cold call market research at uni.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

So many different types. When I first met my husband, electric and vital. When I first held my boys in my arms, an overwhelming flood of defiant protection and magic.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

I constantly forget people’s names when they have literally just told me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

It’s already happened – HRT.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

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