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Celebration Day: Donna Ashworth reads ‘Love Came First’ in memory of her music teacher

The bestselling Scottish poet dedicates her reading of “Love Came First” to Jan or “Mrs Calder” as she was known, Ashworth’s “larger than life” music teacher. The short film, directed by Oliver Parker and shot at Dr Johnson’s House in London, is part of a series to commemorate Celebration Day…

The Independent UK

Performance poet Sam Browne reads ‘Love is the Running Towards’ for Celebration Day

The poet Sam Browne reads an original work titled “Love is the Running Towards” for his friends Oscar and Harry, both of whom lost someone close to them. “Poetry in many ways is the pueIt’s to the people who helped me find beauty within the pain and have helped me…

The Independent UK

Celebration Day: Poet Lucas Jones performs ‘No Flowers, Please’ for his childhood friend

On social media, Lucas Jones shares his poetry about masculinity, love, and grief to more than one million followers. Here, he reads “No Flowers, Please”, a poem he wrote in remembrance of his childhood friend Ali who died when he was 25 years old. The short film, directed by Oliver…

The Independent UK

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Celebration Day: Poet Hussain Manawer performs ‘Soft Heart’ in honour of his late mother

Hussain Manawer, the Sunday Times bestselling poet and author of Life is Sad and Beautiful, reads an original poem titled “Soft Heart” in memory of his late mother on what would have been her birthday. The short film, directed by Oliver Parker and shot at Dr Johnson’s House in London,…

The Independent UK

‘Poetry helped me find my feet again’: Joanna Scanlan and Ophelia Lovibond perform readings in memory of loved ones for Celebration Day

Works by Samuel Johnson, Wendy Cope and Robert Browning are read aloud in a series of poignant short films about grief

The Independent UK

How will you remember your loved ones? With the nationwide Celebration Day – or by shouting at squirrels?

Every loss is different, and so is how we deal with it. When I asked my friends about their mourning rituals, they mentioned parties, dances, ice-creams on the seafront, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

‘He lived inside poetry’: Toby Jones and Helena Bonham Carter perform poems in memory of lost loved ones

Actors including Asa Butterfield, Stephen Mangan and Susan Wokoma share poems as part of ‘Celebration Day’, a new annual moment dedicated to commemorating family and friends

The Guardian - UK

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Arlene Phillips shares beautiful gesture in memory of late Strictly co-star Len Goodman

The former Strictly judge appeared on ITV's Loose Women to talk about Celebration Day

Wales Online

‘I’ll miss her firm hugs’: loved ones to be remembered on Celebration Day

Guardian readers share tributes to people they will celebrate during the inaugural event on 26 June

The Guardian - UK

Tell us: whose life would you like to celebrate?

We would like to hear about the person you would like to remember on the inaugural “Celebration Day” on 26 June

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