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Caroline Bannock, Rachel Obordo, Erica Buist and Guardian readers

GuardianWitness highlights: World Cup fever, mini books and Father's Day tales

'Any which way! Glorious summers evening outing.'
'Any which way! Glorious summers evening outing.' Photograph: kimjohn001/GuardianWitness

For our Visual Shakespeare video competition, we asked you to show us your silent interpretations of a scene from Shakespeare. We received some great videos, but only one person could win the prize to tour the Globe Theatre and see a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream courtesy of Deafinitely Theatre.

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The winning video is from Simon Blakeman who depicts Queen Mab from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The judges "felt his interpretation was very creative and visually striking and that it relayed the story well".

Simon took his 12-year-old son to the Globe last weekend and said the experience was "wonderful".

simon blakeman and son william skylark with deafinitely theatre executive director mark sands outside shakespeare's globe theatre in london
Simon Blakeman, his son William Skylark and Deafinitely Theatre Executive Director Mark Sands outside Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. Photograph: Richard France/Deafinitely Theatre

The way you bring together different aspects of both BSL and spoken English into something so coherent was very enjoyable. In particular, it felt to me like going into the depths of BSL and being able to see the Play - of fairies and mortals - as if I was truly drawn into a world of magic. My son, 12, who knows very little BSL also enjoyed it. The over titles helped as a guide and the story was so clearly done, that he followed everything.

We also asked you to design your own Brazil World Cup posters. We've already had 70 submissions. Check out the gallery of some of the best Guardian reader posters.

A poster that shows the dynamism of the FIFA World Cup through colour, movement,expression and the organic street vibe that encapsulates Brazil's beating heart.

If that's not enough to whet your appetite we've got assignments on World Cup memories and memorabilia, and your suggestions on where to go if you're in Brazil. If you're stuck at home we want to see how you're supporting your team and the food you're cooking to celebrate.

Temperatures in this glorious British summer are set to cool down just in time for Father's Day on Sunday. We asked you to share with us what your father means to you.

You sent us experiences of fathers with a hero status, much-loved stepfathers and even one dad feeding his family while they were imprisoned in a concentration camp. We also heard about absentee fathers, but most were stories of love and admiration:

One of the most outstanding things about my dad is how demonstrative he is with his emotions despite this not being the done thing for men of his generation in the farming community that we grew up in. My siblings & I all have vivid memories of him hugging us (with tears in his eyes) in airports before we headed off on adventures or returning to the places that we now live.

We've had some stunning entries to our assignment on bookshop memories. One of our favourites is this collection of minibooks:

The minibooks, beautiful decoration and still master pieces of literature, I purchased way too many of them

The Guardian Live Better upcycling competition drew an amazing 208 entries. Check out the amazing creations of the shortlist and runners up – and the winner:

My partner Michael Ferguson makes furniture from reclaimed floorboards and sometimes upcycles neglected armchairs he finds on the street like this one. He strips off the dog eaten upholstery and lines the frame with floorboards, keeping their original colour, and then adds a little of his joie de vivre. He works under the business name Not A Wooden Spoon.

Other assignments we have running this week include 'Is that you in the photograph?'. If you've ever been featured in a famous photo, we're curious to see them. We're also looking for stories from anyone who has been or knows anyone who was or is homeless. Or if you think we've not covered something and have any ideas for what you want to see on GuardianWitness, let us know.

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