Joan Collins: What most recently made you cry?

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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Joan Collins said elsewhere, not written here

Watching dying babies on TV.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2014 source ↗

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Vick Hope British television and radio presenter

This sounds so silly, but I cry with happiness all the time. I cry when my flowers open!

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗

Alison Steadman British actress

When I read about the abuse of Baby P.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗

Lauren Laverne English radio DJ, and television presenter

The Strictly Come Dancing final almost destroyed me. I was howling all the way through – John and Johannes and then Rose and Giovanni. Oh my God.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 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 ↗