Mick McLaughlin

Business Development Esports & Createch

“I threw away two signed napkins from Yoko Ono!”

“Although what I do now is quite commercial, I’ve always had a creative mind. I’m an avid writer and have written scripts for plays, none have made it to the stage, yet! I’ve also written a novel called Dead Happy, it’s all about putting the fun into funerals, with a love story thrown in as well. I’d love to see it made into a film one day, it’s a musical and all the songs are written - don’t ask me to sing them though!

Without sounding too morbid I think death should be seen as a celebration of life. I acted as a celebrant at the funeral for one of my friend’s aunts. It wasn’t something that I’d thought about and did wonder what I’d let myself in for, but it was just like telling a story of the person’s life

Now, those napkins. In a previous role I had the pleasure of having afternoon tea with Yoko Ono. She was in Coventry visiting the cathedral to dedicate two Japanese oak trees in celebration of her life and work with John Lennon. She kindly signed the napkins to my kids, it was the only thing I had on me.

I left them in my car and around a week later we went through a drive thru, ordered the food and eat it in the car park as you do. Well, you guessed it, the napkins were swept up in the rubbish. I didn’t realise until weeks later when I went to get them for the kids, absolutely gutted!”