Courtney Pine: What most recently made you cry?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Courtney Pine said elsewhere, not written here

When my new-born daughter Cleopatra died and I wasn’t there. I was doing a US tour and I remember sitting down in an airport and losing it.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗

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Jessica Brown Findlay English actress

During lockdown, I found out I wasn’t pregnant any more.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 March 2021 source ↗

du Beke English dancer and TV presenter

When the babies were born, in March 2017.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2019 source ↗

David Baddiel Comedian and writer

I cry a lot. Especially on planes. What is that about? On a plane, I’ll be in floods at The Good Dinosaur.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2016 source ↗

Malorie Blackman British writer

When I read A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness. Great book.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2013 source ↗

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Question How close have you come to death? Death & what remains

We were doing a tour in Japan and as our plane landed, it rose again, out of the blue. About 10 years later there was this programme about 10 of the nearest misses, and it was my flight. There was another plane on the runway and we nearly landed on top of it. I didn’t know until 10 years later.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗