Gary Numan: 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 Gary Numan said elsewhere, not written here

Yesterday, when Gemma, my wife, played me The End Of Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh when we were driving into Hollywood.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Joely Richardson British actress

Two and a half weeks ago, when a loved one was going away. Separations never get any easier.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2015 source ↗

I am a perimenopausal woman, so about two minutes ago, at a dog being adopted on Insta.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

I cry all the time in front of the telly. I was doing Gogglebox with Julian Clary recently and I cried watching The Piano.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2026 source ↗

Nadiya Hussain British television chef, baker and author

Last week, when I dropped a mug on my foot.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 September 2016 source ↗

Now. I enjoy what I do for a living, the children are here and I am still happily married after 25 years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

Not one of mine.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

I was an air display pilot for 15 years, and watched most of my friends die in crashes. When the children came along, I got out of it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

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