Sarah Parish
English actress
I cry all the time, it’s an embarrassment.
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When Maradona died, I cried for three days.
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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.
Maggie O'Farrell
Irish-British novelist
Last week, while I was wet-wrapping my child’s chronic eczema.
James Norton
English actor
On a plane, watching a movie.
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I have a nice life but if everybody else had a better quality of life, too, Britain would be a nicer place.
Feel Like Going Home by Charlie Rich.
In 2016, I fell off stage in Switzerland and broke my back in four places.
Standing on stage in between Robert Young and Andrew Innes, blasting away.
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