Corinne Bailey Rae: What most recently moved you to tears? — FLAPSS

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What most recently moved you to tears?

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Corinne Bailey Rae

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Listening to a song that my brother-in-law – the brother of Jason, my first husband – wrote, about how hard it was to live without his brother.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

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Liev Schreiber American actor

Watching the Olympics.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2024 source ↗

At my mother’s funeral last year.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2023 source ↗

Tom Ellis Welsh actor

A couple of days ago, saying goodbye to my children.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 September 2021 source ↗

Max Whitlock English artistic gymnast

At the Olympics, after my floor gold medal.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2016 source ↗

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

I worked in a cafe, which I loved, but when it was quiet we had to scrape the fat out from between the tiles on the floor with a butter knife.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I wouldn’t change anything. When I was 29, my first husband died, so I learned a new way of thinking about life, which is: there are many things that you can’t control.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

Question Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list? Taste & recommendation

I’m not really ashamed, but I haven’t read Lord of the Rings.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

I remember being a teenager and writing this romantic short story in the style of the Brontës on a computer and I didn’t realise that the person whose computer it was could just print it out. A group of boys had a couple of pages and they were all reading it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

My mum, for the way that she brought up her three children and managed to make her money work. She worked as a cleaner for all these families we went to church with. She would cycle there with my little sister on the back of her bike – we didn’t have a car. She had an amazing mind for planning and organising so that we got to do ballet, we went to Brownies.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

Question What thought won't let you sleep? Daily life

All the big ones – climate change, safety for our children, money.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

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