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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Sadie Frost English actress, producer, film director and fashion designer
In the last year, when I realised that I didn’t want to be in the relationship that I was in.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 September 2015 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 ↗
Ralf Little English actor, writer, former semi-professional footballer
Watching the film The Iron Giant slays me every time.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2020 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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