The actor reads a poem in memory of his father, who knew many poems by heart. The film is part of a series to mark Celebration Day 2025 – a new annual moment, held on the last bank holiday Monday of May, to honour and celebrate those who have shaped our lives but are no longer with us. Directed by Oliver Parker at Abbey Road Studios, curated by Allie Esiri and published exclusively by the Guardian. On Celebration Day, join in by sharing your memories using #ShareYourStar • ‘He lived inside poetry’: Toby Jones and Helena Bonham Carter perform poems in memory of lost loved ones • Asa Butterfield performs The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry – video
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Toby Jones performs Portrait of a Romantic by ASJ Tessimond
The actor reads a poem in memory of his father, who knew many poems by heart. The film is part of a series to mark Celebration Day 2025 – a new annual moment, held on the last bank holiday Monday of May, to honour and celebrate those who have shaped our liv...
Open this video on Guardian CultureAsa Butterfield performs The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
The actor shares a poem in celebration of peace. The film is part of a series to mark Celebration Day 2025 – a new annual moment, held on the last bank holiday Monday of May, to honour and celebrate those who have shaped our lives but are no longer with us....
Open this video on Guardian CultureNathaniel Parker performs Anthem for Doomed Youth Poem by Wilfred Owen
The actor reads a poem in memory of Derek Jarman, who was the first director to cast him in a film - as Wilfred Owen in War Requiem. The film is part of a series to mark Celebration Day 2025 – a new annual moment, held on the last bank holiday Monday of May...
Open this video on Guardian CultureSusan Wokoma performs What If This Road by Sheenagh Pugh
The Enola Holmes actor shares a poem in memory of her mother. The film is part of a series to mark Celebration Day 2025 – a new annual moment, held on the last bank holiday Monday of May, to honour and celebrate those who have shaped our lives but are no lo...
Open this video on Guardian CultureStephen Mangan performs I See You Dancing, Father by Brendan Kennelly
The actor reads a poem in memory of his father: "I like to think of the younger, happier man." The film is part of a series to mark Celebration Day 2025 – a new annual moment, held on the last bank holiday Monday of May, to honour and celebrate those who ha...
Open this video on Guardian CultureHelena Bonham Carter performs Don’t Let That Horse by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The actor reads a poem in memory of her grandmother "Bubbles", who "always had a sense of play". Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn The film is part of a series to mark Celebration Day 2025 – a new annual moment, held on the ...
Open this video on Guardian Culture'A friend said just start small': an ex-Google employee on her pandemic pivot to dumpling dealer
San Francisco entrepreneur Cathay Bi started Dumpling Club as a tiny subscription service – and now oversees a team of four making 5,000 dumplings a week. She discusses the thrill of nurturing her community, working with her hands and winning over Asian mom...
Open this video on Guardian Culture'Every day a revolution': the first Black woman to open a Chelsea gallery shakes up the art world
New Yorker Nicola Vassell, who wants to share 'the idea of what the future could and should look like', on opening a business in the midst of a pandemic, the 24/7 attention required to be a gallerist, and the life of aesthetics, beauty and the mind. Subscri...
Open this video on Guardian CultureInside New York's underground ballroom scene: 'It's your chosen family'
The last few years have seen pop culture and fashion take a huge interest in the real scene that inspired TV shows such as Pose and HBO’s Legendary. Can it survive the hype? The Guardian joined the House of Gorgeous Gucci backstage at the Coldest Winter Bal...
Open this video on Guardian CultureObi-Wan Kenobi trailer: Ewan McGregor returns to role in Star Wars show– video
Set 10 years after the events of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, this highly anticipated Disney+ show stars McGregor, back in his role as jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi. The show is set to explain how he came to be living in exile on the planet Tatooine, watching ov...
Open this video on Guardian CultureWatch David Hare read new satirical poem about Boris Johnson
Playwright David Hare has written a new poem, Agony Uncle, about Boris Johnson's handling of the coronavirus crisis. Written in the tradition of 18th century satire, the poem castigates the UK prime minister for his mistakes Subscribe to Guardian Culture ► ...
Open this video on Guardian CultureRembrandt's portraits at the National Gallery: Love and loss
A revealing look at Rembrandt's most intimate portraits, on display in the locked-down National Gallery in London. The Guardian's art critic Jonathan Jones reveals his favourite portraits, of vulnerable and unpretentious people the artist had known and love...
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