The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Last week I saw a moorhen feeding her chicks, and became overwhelmed by the miracle of parenthood and maternal sacrifice. And I hadn’t even been drinking.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2017 source ↗
When I see videos of animal cruelty.
When my dad died this year.
Watching the film The Iron Giant slays me every time.
Just a few days ago. I was overtired.
That will depend on when and how I die, but you couldn’t beat The Birdie Song to set the right tone.
Finding cucumber in things is a continual disappointment.
It’s a toss-up between organising a new filing system at Hammersmith & Fulham social services and relying on tips in the least popular restaurant in London to get through drama school.
I inadvertently rubbed the milky residue of a toxic cactus plant into my eye while filming Women In Love in the desert in Namibia, and my body went into anaphylactic shock as the producer sped me to a clinic 50 miles away.
As the father of Celtic’s all-time top goalscorer (that’s either of my kids).
My mother. Any child of a single parent, if they are in a relationship when they become a parent, thinks, “How the hell did you do it alone?”
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