DIVA

Lecture de 3 min

Anyone who says that there are no more taboos in modern society has given little consideration to the universal and inescapable facts of death and dying. A recent survey quoted by the Marie Curie organisation shows that barely a third of British peop

Kiplinger

Lecture de 2 min

After learning his father had a terminal illness and only a few months to live, Ed Howard tried to plan ahead for a funeral service, spending hours calling around to compare costs. But even though he's a consumer lawyer, he still got tripped up. He d

The Paris Review

Lecture de 5 min

In our column Poetry Rx, readers write in with a specific emotion and our resident poets—Sarah Kay, Kaveh Akbar, and Claire Schwartz—take turns prescribing the perfect poems to match. This week, Claire Schwartz is on the line. Original illustration b

NPR

Lecture de 8 min

This year, says critic Craig Morgan Teicher, America's poets are stepping up and expressing their faith in the capacity of words to overcome barriers, find compromise, and speak truth.

Time Magazine International Edition

Lecture de 7 min

BEFORE THEY ENTERED THE EMERGENCY room in San Antonio in September, Randy Hinojosa turned to his wife of 26 years and assured her that they’d both get better and see each other again. “I said, ‘We came together. We leave together,’” he recalls. Five

Fortean Times

Lecture de 4 min

A 20-year-old woman declared dead at her Detroit home opened her eyes at a funeral home just as she was about to be embalmed. An ambulance had been called to the home of Timesha Beauchamp. For 30 minutes, paramedics attempted resuscitation without su

NPR

Lecture de 2 min

Because we can not hug or stand close, the coronavirus has changed how we mourn those we've lost. Funeral director Norman J. Williams of Unity Funeral Parlors offers his thoughts about the living.

The Atlantic

Lecture de 4 min

The proportion of Americans who don't identify with a specific faith is growing. What does this mean for the future of funeral rites?

Blue Mountains Life

Lecture de 3 min

the funeral industry needs more freedom to meet consumer needs, says longtime director, Tom Brownjohn, principal of TR Brownjohn Memorial Home, (Katoomba, Springwood, and Lithgow). Tom has been helping families deal with death, grief, and final good

DIVA

Lecture de 1 min

The UK’s leading bereavement charity, Cruse offers free one-to-one support for children, young people and adults suffering from grief. cruse.org.uk This movement has held over 10,200 sessions in 69 countries. Participants drink tea, eat cake and talk

Popular Science

Lecture de 1 min

When one crow sees another dead on the ground, it caws an alarm. Then others—five to six on average, but in rare cases as many as 60—fly in and perch on branches, cawing. In anecdotal reports, they sometimes place objects like sticks over the body as

Blue Mountains Life

Lecture de 3 min

The funeral industry needs more freedom to meet consumer needs, says longtime director, Tom Brownjohn, principal of TR Brownjohn Memorial Home, (Katoomba, Springwood, and Lithgow). Tom has been helping families deal with death, grief, and final good

Guernica Magazine

Lecture de 15 min

Faced with so much loss, we need space not simply for coping, but for mobilizing against the forces that allow such losses to happen.

PEARL

Lecture de 27 min

The grandfather began, and all the faces grew tense once again: ‘There is not much to add to what I know, but I will tell you what there is of it; perhaps someone may benefit from it in the present day and age, and it would truly do no harm to many p

TIME

Lecture de 7 min

BEFORE THEY ENTERED THE EMERGENCY ROOM IN SAN ANTONIO IN SEPTEMBER, Randy Hinojosa turned to his wife of 26 years and assured her that they’d both get better and see each other again. “I said, ‘We came together. We leave together,’” he recalls. Five

Saturday Star

Lecture de 2 min

THE practice of playing the Scottish bagpipes at funerals for Indian families in Durban has become so popular that bagpipe player, Dave Dickson, especially learned how to play the religious prayer song Aum Namah Shivaya (Prayer to Lord Shiva). Dickso

Post South Africa

Lecture de 3 min

DURING the current pandemic, many of us will experience grief of some sort – loss of normalcy, loss of income, loss of freedom. Perhaps the most significant loss we fear is the loss of life – either our own or our loved ones. Death is painful. But th

Post South Africa

Lecture de 2 min

THE joy of the festive season was missing for the Reddy sisters of Croftdene, Chatsworth, after both their parents died. Candice Reddy, 36, said her mother, Shireen Reddy, an admissions officer at Newhaven Secondary School, died on December 23, and h

NPR

Lecture de 4 min

In New Orleans, the lifelike representations have become a part of the city's tradition of social grieving and are a source of healing, especially in communities that have suffered from gun violence.

Post South Africa

Lecture de 3 min

JANE Govender has one regret – that she was unable to give her husband a grand send-off at his funeral last month. Pastor Krish Govender, 74, tested positive for Covid-19 in December. He died on January 2 soon after fulfilling his dream of opening a

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Lecture de 1 min

While Anjum will attend civic memorial services in Auckland and Wellington to remember the 51 people who lost their lives, she says the Muslim tradition is to look forward, with loved ones’ deaths not normally acknowledged on a specific day. “For our

Blue Mountains Life

Lecture de 1 min

Norman J. Penhall Funerals: There are many advantages to preplanning one’s funeral. It’s a simple procedure that doesn’t take much time but ensures peace of mind, and relieves the individual’s loved ones of a decision-making process at a stressful ti

The Christian Science Monitor

Lecture de 4 min

In Jordan, the need to balance the ancient obligation of communal mourning with the demands of a hectic modern life has led to the creation of an app.

Blue Mountains Life

Lecture de 1 min

Norman J. Penhall Funerals: There are many advantages to preplanning one’s funeral. It’s a simple procedure that doesn’t take much time but ensures peace of mind, and relieves the individual’s loved ones of a decision-making process at a stressful ti

Plane & Pilot

Lecture de 5 min

Scattering cremated remains by airplane has been a labor of love for me and my family for the past 17 years. It started as a way to help a funeral director friend, but it has evolved into so much more. I am lucky to have found this opportunity that h

Blue Mountains Life

Lecture de 1 min

Norman J. Penhall Funerals: There are many advantages to preplanning one’s funeral. It’s a simple procedure that doesn’t take much time but ensures peace of mind, and relieves the individual’s loved ones of a decision-making process at a stressful ti

City Press

Lecture de 6 min

The long-feared Covid-19 coronavirus storm has arrived. Funeral parlours are battling to cope with demand as Covid-19-related deaths around the country rise daily, and government is increasing capacity in cemeteries to cater for the deluge. Meanwhile

Blue Mountains Life

Lecture de 1 min

Norman J. Penhall Funerals: There are many advantages to preplanning one’s funeral. It’s a simple procedure that doesn’t take much time but ensures peace of mind, and relieves the individual’s loved ones of a decision-making process at a stressful ti

NPR

Lecture de 3 min

As the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus increases, so does the strain on funeral homes across the country. Funeral directors are struggling to meet the soaring demand for their services.

Blue Mountains Life

Lecture de 1 min

Norman J. Penhall Funerals: There are many advantages to preplanning one’s funeral. It’s a simple procedure that doesn’t take much time but ensures peace of mind, and relieves the individual’s loved ones of a decision-making process at a stressful ti