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What most recently moved you to tears?

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

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Read by field Everyone Arts and letters 171 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 37 In their fifties 51 In their sixties 31 Seventy and beyond 29
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Anita Rani British broadcaster and journalist
Watching the final episode of Mare Of Easttown.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2021 source ↗
Samira Ahmed British journalist and writer
Meeting Richard Ratcliffe outside the Foreign Office during his hunger strike to try to get action to free Nazanin. I’m moved by the loyalty and strength of that couple and their family.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 January 2022 source ↗
Clive Myrie British journalist, newsreader, and presenter
Watching the South Korean film Past Lives. I was on a plane and weeping uncontrollably.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2024 source ↗
Zack Polanski
Deputy leader Mothin Ali gave a speech at conference talking about growing up in poverty and the effect it had on his family. It was incredibly powerful and I had tears streaming from my eyes.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

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