A Natural Undertaking
In our latest episode, we sit down with Carrie Weeks from A Natural Undertaking, an independent funeral service in Birmingham that is changing the way we think about funerals. Carrie…
In our latest episode, we sit down with Carrie Weeks from A Natural Undertaking, an independent funeral service in Birmingham that is changing the way we think about funerals. Carrie…
The business of bees and the sweetness of honey don’t suggest their connection to death in the first instance but it doesn’t take much exploring to find out how close…
The first episode is out! Food, Funerals and Mourning in the American South - A conversation with Ashley-Anne Masters. We spoke about Food, Funerals and Mourning in an area well…
How do you feel about Pythagoras’s theorem? I always insist that it is annoying knowledge which is taking up a slot I could use for something else so I was…
If you spend your weekend considering bones and harvests, there is really only one logical place your thoughts can end and that’s with Death. Death with a capital D, like…
Proserpina - Dante Gabriel Rossetti - 1874 In classical myth Proserpine was kidnapped by Pluto, the god of the underworld, to be his wife. Eating food from the underworld would…
As a symbol, rosemary was particularly important in the remembrance of a life, consider Hamlet’s Ophelia: ‘Rosemary, that’s for remembrance, pray love, remember.’ It was seen as a purifying herb…
Hugo Simberg (1874-1917), a symbolist painter from Finland, was renowned for his profound exploration of death and the afterlife in his artworks. His series of ‘Death’ Paintings delves into themes…
The first episode will be released on Tuesday 11 March 2024. Details to follow ....