Meg Rosoff: What most recently made you cry?

Originally asked

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

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Recorded Meg Rosoff said elsewhere, not written here

In August, when my middle sister called to tell me her breast cancer had spread to her spine, pelvis and bones. It turned out not to be true.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Rory Bremner Scottish comedian

At John Fortune's funeral. They played Flanders and Swann's Slow Train ("We won't be meeting again") and my heart broke.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2014 source ↗

Michelle Dockery British actress

Watching Big Little Lies season 2. Shailene Woodley made me bawl.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2020 source ↗

Julia Stiles American actress

On a plane. I become so sentimental on planes: I could be watching Bridesmaids and start crying.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2015 source ↗

James Norton English actor

On a plane, watching a movie.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2022 source ↗

Someone else to write my books.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗

Swimming in the North Sea at midnight, surrounded by phosphorescence.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗

My husband is the kindest, funniest, most strange and wondrous person I know.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗

Reasons To Be Cheerful, by Ian Dury.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗

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