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Sep 2022
40m 44s

Olivia Harrison

Fearne Cotton
About this episode

How do you personally express love? Author, philanthropist, and award winning producer Olivia Harrison has a lifetime of memories with late husband George Harrison, the intricacies of which she felt compelled to write about in poetry.


In this chat with Fearne, Olivia recounts stories from her life with George – including how important practices like meditation and gardening were to them – as well as talking about the undulating nature of grief.


Olivia’s beautiful book of poetry, Came The Lightening, is out now.



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