Whose funeral is it anyway?
If you want to open a cattery in the UK you need a licence. Cat care is regulated. If you want to open a funeral home you need nothing of the sort, no exams, no professional qualifications, no previous experience—nothing. Anyone can do it, scoundrels, incompetents, sex-workers, school leavers, sociopaths, stand-up comics. The care of […]
People like people like us
Saturday was National Bereavement Awareness Day. Miss it? Whoops. Let me fill you in. A brainchild of the independent funeral directors’ trade body, SAIF, the day was a marketing tool designed to raise the profile of independents. My local funeral directors, James Giles and Sons of Bromsgrove, held an open day. They’ve recently refurbished, so […]
Bring on the empty hearses
What effect does the sight of a hearse have on you? Does it make your spirit soar? Does it put a spring in your step and a song on your lips? Or does it throw a Hammer Horror chill around your heart? What would be the effect on you of the spectacle […]
