Keeley Hawes Actor In 2009, Shelter’s Now is the Time campaign, which called on the Government to invest in more affordable homes, attracted a host of celebrity supporters including thesps Keeley Hawes and David Thewlis, and indie band Starsailor. Shelter is a charity that works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness and bad housing.…Continue readingKeeley Hawes supports Shelter England
Added video of The Last Post. Thousands flooded into Trafalgar Square in London yesterday, Armistice Day — 11 November, for the Legion’s Silence in the Square event hosted by Sky Sports presenter Ben Shephard. Stars including musical pop chart sensations The Saturdays, actors Keeley Hawes and Ben Barnes, the London Community Gospel Choir and vocal…Continue readingBritish Legion: The Saturdays and other stars fall silent in Trafalgar Square
Video of Keeley’s full reading of ‘Poppies’ by Jane Weir. Ben Shephard hosted The Royal British Silence in the Square in Trafalgar Square, London. Artists included The Saturdays, Keeley Hawes and The London Community Gospel Choir. (Source: YouTube user royalbritishlegion)Continue readingLegionLive: The Royal British Silence in the Square
Silence please for Jane’s poignant poem A celebrated war poem written by a Matlock woman is to be read out in Trafalgar Square on Remembrance Sunday. Poppies, by Jane Weir, tells the story of a woman whose son has gone to war and her recollection of the times they spent together when he was a…Continue readingThis is Derbyshire: Silence please for Jane’s poignant poem
Keeley Hawes read the poem Poppies by Jane Weir at Silence in the Square at 10 am on 11 November 2010. [spoiler name=”Poppies by Jane Weir”] Three days before Armistice Sunday and poppies had already been placed on individual war graves. Before you left, I pinned one onto your lapel, crimped petals, spasms of paper…Continue readingTwitter: Silence in the Square
Keeley Hawes of Ashes to Ashes fame has just signed our #neglect petition! Act now & make politicians wake up to neglect http://is.gd/g9KNF Action for Children supports and speaks out for the most vulnerable and neglected children and young people in the UK (Source: aslongasittakes on Twitter)Continue readingTwitter: Action for Children Neglect Appeal
Watch Silence in the Square Online Would you like to join in with The Royal British Legion’s Silence in the Square event to mark Armistice Day, but are unable to make the events in London or Swansea? This year you can be part of the event online…. You simply need to register at the dedicated…Continue readingLegionLive: Reading for Armistice Day at Silence in the Square
