Great myths of Funeralworld
Posted by Richard Rawlinson No. 1: The committal is when the curtains of the crematorium’s catafalque close. The final committal is when the ashes from a cremated body are buried in an urn, or perhaps ceremoniously scattered to the wind. Or, of course, when the body is buried intact in a coffin, cutting out the […]
Add the GFG blog to your Facebook torrent
You can have the GFG blog spewed into your Facebook feed if that’s how you’d rather ‘consume’ your deathnews. Type, er… hang on a minute… ah, yes, ‘Good Funeral Guide’ into the searchbox, go to the page, and ‘like’ it. Brings a refreshing chill to the heedless merriment of your ‘friends’. Don’t forget that you […]
A seamless, faultless funeral
Posted by Sara Elliot In case you missed it earlier in the week (it was hiding as a comment) — ED My mother’s funeral should have been a carbon copy of my father’s. We therefore dispensed with the services of a Funeral Director, having effectively already had the Dress Rehearsal, and knowing exactly what was […]
Thought for the day
“Sometimes I think grief is love that has been made homeless.” Source
Go see, go see!!
Event Name: Graveland Exhibition Contact Email: carlaconte@hotmail.com Event Start Date: 29/01/2013 Event End Date: 03/02/2013 Admission Cost: free Event Times: 12-6pm Venue: The Crypt Gallery Venue Address: St. Pancras Church, Euston Road, London, NW12BA Country: England Region: London (Greater) Venue Name: The Crypt Gallery Art Form: Cross Art Form Statement: A playful art & photography exhibition exploring cemeteries […]
Modern life
San Francisco’s prolific garage rockers Thee Oh Sees will follow up last year’s Putrifiers II with Floating Coffin. Due out April 16th via Castle Face Records, the album’s been described as “the next chapter in the story of Thee Oh Sees, the one where they fix their fury against the onrushing night,” according to a […]
Wilko Johnson on the fear of death
Former Dr Feelgood guitarist has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given nine months to live. As he embarks on his farewell tour, this is what he says about it: “The things that used to bring me down, or worry me, or annoy me, they don’t matter anymore — and that’s when you sit […]
‘I am expecting to kill myself’
Writing in the BBC News Magazine, writer Will Self has news for you. Here are some extracts: This may seem rather shocking to you but I am expecting to kill myself. Really I am, and if you’ll hear me out I hope to at least nudge society in the direction of considering suicide acceptable when – […]
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A gothic tale of a dazzling light in a drab world
Posted by Richard Rawlinson (at his very best — Ed) It was while writing about Medieval music here that my thoughts turned mechancholic about the loss of Isabella Blow, the fashionista who committed suicide a few years ago. A uniquely English eccentric, Issie loved the Middle Ages, and both her wedding and funeral were held with Gothic pomp […]
