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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Talking about the hardships of my mother’s life – she would not approve.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2026 source ↗
The really terrible things that are happening in the Middle East made me cry for two days after 7 October. All those poor children on both sides.
The last time I really sobbed was watching Daniel Radcliffe’s documentary about his stuntman on the Harry Potter movies [David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived].
When my dog died a couple of years ago. We were in Greece on vacation and a friend was watching her at home, and she was bitten by a snake. We rushed home, but we were too late by a few hours.
I cry a lot at films; my mother and I were champion criers at Meet Me in St Louis.
Sorry is such an underrated word – I use it liberally.
We watch over those we love.
My parents died within four days of each other. I was engulfed as I ran from one bedside to another.
For the words to fly from my fingers as just occasionally they do.
Last week, when I decided to rewrite the children’s book I’ve been working on.
Did I behave in the right way?
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