Stories

Wild in Art invited people from across the UK to submit real-life stories and poems about key workers for a chance to be included in the Gratitude installation.

You can listen to the stories and poems from adults, which pay tribute to all key workers, from doctors on the front-line to shopkeepers and delivery drivers, carers and teachers, via the Gratitude App and via the Gratitude website.

The stories have been recorded by a host of well-known voices including singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, Adil Ray OBE and actors Julie Hesmondhalgh, Ciarán Griffiths, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Christopher Eccleston, John Thomson and Shobna Gulati, to help us tell the story of this unprecedented time.

A Tribute to Dr Vishna Rasiah
by Professor Andrew Ewer
4:33 | Read By Adil Ray
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A Year Like No Other
by Roslyn Neely
3:14 | Read By KT Tunstall
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For Amy – the busiest bee
by Gareth Bateman
3:27 | Read By Sarah Parish
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Keep on Caring Through Covid
by Louise Gregory
2:40 | Read By Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim)
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Meet our Gratitude Heroes
by Wesleyan Assurance Society
3:28 | Read By Shobna Gulati
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One in 15,000: The Volunteers Who Helped Our Heroes
by Tom Abbott
2:52 | Read By Ciaran Griffiths
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Our Heroes
by Matt Kelly
2:34 | Read By Christopher Eccleston
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Staying Mr (Cool) Under Pressure
by Anonymous
2:52 | Read By Hugh Bonneville
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Thank you
by Craig Stringfellow
3:09 | Read By Charlie Langhorne
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These are the things
by Anonymous
2:44 | Read By John Thomson
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United, We Stream
by Chris McClung
3:52 | Read By Jamie-Lee O'Donnell
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What’s the story, hope & glory?
by Tracey and Kierstan Boylan
3:56 | Read By Julie Hesmondhalgh
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