Gary Numan: What most recently made you cry?

Originally asked

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

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

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Recorded Gary Numan said elsewhere, not written here

Yesterday, when Gemma, my wife, played me The End Of Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh when we were driving into Hollywood.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Watching the Festival of Remembrance last autumn.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 March 2025 source ↗

Jessica Hynes British actress and writer

This morning, at the last school assembly of the year, because those tinies are so adorable.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2016 source ↗

Turning on the news.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2024 source ↗

Engelbert Humperdinck British singer

I have to say I am an easy sob. I don’t mind, because there’s no harm in having a big man cry.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 February 2019 source ↗

Now. I enjoy what I do for a living, the children are here and I am still happily married after 25 years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

I was an air display pilot for 15 years, and watched most of my friends die in crashes. When the children came along, I got out of it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

Not one of mine.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

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