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What most recently made you cry?

196 answers answered between 2007 and 2026 one of 25 in The Q&A

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Read by field Everyone Arts and letters 175 Politics and public life 4 Business and finance 3 Technology 1 Sport 13
Read by age Any age Before thirty 7 In their thirties 32 In their forties 38 In their fifties 51 In their sixties 31 Seventy and beyond 29
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John Cooper Clarke English poet
Singing Abide With Me at the funeral of Bruce Reynolds [ringleader of the Great Train Robbery], March 2013.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2013 source ↗
Geoffrey Rush Australian actor
When Adèle walked down the road at the end of the film Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2014 source ↗
Bill Bryson American-British author
When the Guardian called me a scaremonger for wanting to preserve London’s green belt.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2016 source ↗
Bryan Cranston American actor
When I think of my mother. After my father left, she became an alcoholic and wallowed in resentment.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 October 2016 source ↗
Suzi Quatro American-British rock musician
Watching Gone With The Wind for the 100th time.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 November 2016 source ↗
Brendan Gleeson Irish actor and director
Listening to Iris DeMent singing Our Town, because of her voice and the truth of what she is singing about, which is that small towns and communities are dying all over.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2016 source ↗
Roger Allam English actor
Reading aloud the last two pages of a book about Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell. It was about his relationship with his cat, and a letter to a friend whose dog had died. It’s about letting the unexpected happen to you, and how that can really be what life is about.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗
Sandi Toksvig Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer
When I read the story of a blind, bisexual goose called Thomas who had died in New Zealand after a lifetime of love for a swan called Henry. It sounds ridiculous but is entirely true.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗
Paul O'Grady British comedian, actor and television presenter
When I watched a series called Pose. The hospital scenes took me right back to when we were going through the Aids years. It’s the same with It’s a Sin.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 November 2021 source ↗

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