What most recently made you cry?

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Recorded Pauline McLynn said elsewhere, not written here
Walking along Oxford Street on Saturday pulling a shopping trolley that my mother bought me. I remember saying, “I’m never going to use that!” and there I was, very grateful to have it in my life. She died before Christmas and I can’t ring her to tell her that she was right.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2023 source ↗

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Scott Mills English radio DJ and television presenter
When I left Radio 1: full snotty sobbing on air.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 October 2022 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 ↗
Craig Revel Horwood Australian-British choreographer and director
At my friend Billy’s funeral last month. He died suddenly in his sleep and was only 61.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 December 2018 source ↗

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Question Which moment embarrassed you most? Failure & regret
Eight or nine years ago, I disgraced myself in the Japanese ambassador’s home in Dublin, at a celebration for my late mother-in-law’s book about living in Japan. Afterwards, when I had to apologise, she told me it was the worst night of her life and, because I was drunk enough not to remember the details, it will never not be the most embarrassing night of my life. People are filling in details even now – “Remember when you fell under the table during the first course?”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2023 source ↗

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