I was smiling so long as I was next to you
In case you missed it, there was one of those stunning, magical moments on the radio on Sunday. On Broadcasting House, Emilie Blachère, a reporter for Paris Match, read a love letter/poem to her partner Rémi Ochlik, who died in Syria alongside Marie Colvin last year. Hear her read it on the BBC iPlayer. Go to 54 mins […]
Origins of sayings #1 – Everyone wants a piece of him
A number of popular sayings derive from death and funerals. One such is the saying ‘Everyone wants a piece of him’. This is a surprisingly ancient saying dating back 800 years. Here’s how it happened. When Richard I (Lionheart) died, his entrails were interred in the central French town of Chalus, where he died in a […]
RICHARD III – ILLEGALLY EXHUMED?
Posted by John Bradfield ED’s note: John Bradfield, founder of the Alice Barker Trust and author of the groundbreaking Green Burial, the DIY Guide, campaigns, together with Teresa Evans, for the legal rights of the bereaved. Here he argues that Richard III was illegally exhumed. He presents this argument in the context of his and Teresa’s wider […]
More great myths of Funeral world…
…or are these ones true? Posted by Richard Rawlinson No. 3: A company offering the expensive service of deep freezing and preserving corpses of wealthy folk who hoped that future generations would be able to revive them back to life, went in liquidation. Because of unpaid bills the electricity supply was cut off and the bodies […]
To our critics
Dear Ian and Frank, It was good to see you commenting once more on the blog. It shows that people of all shades of opinion read it, not just a clique. I hope you appreciate the way I allow you to say whatever you like, however abusive (so long as it isn’t also libellous). […]
Why doctors say no
Physicians see and treat patients who have undergone CPR. Those patients are usually paralyzed, swollen with fluid, and unconscious. Upon witnessing that, physicians might buy cialis online forum wonder what the differences are between “living” and “existing”. This could explain why their end-of-life care preferences differ from that of the general public. Source
Philosophical brain teaser
Posted by Richard Rawlinson Some readers might recall Roal Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected on TV. ‘William and Mary’ was a particularly beastly story about an academic having his brain and one eye transplanted from his body after death, and attached to an artificial heart so they both continue to function. William can see and […]
Bright eyes
Posted by Vale Remember Watership Down? The best selling childrens book about a band of rabbits? Adams, the author, gives the warrens he writes about social structures and a strong lapin culture. There are even myths and legends. Even a rabbit version of the Grim Reaper himself who appears to rabbits as ‘the Black Rabbit […]
Why doctors can’t talk about death
“Psychoanalysts believe that emotional trauma in human life is because man is not really a god and is something more than just an animal. He is a demi-god and being a demi-god is hard. He can create and appreciate goodness, enjoy the wonder and awe of each day; teach, learn, and dream, but at the […]
Afore ye go
We think you’ll agree with us that RecordMeNow.org is a Very Good Thing. It’s downloadable software that enables you, using the little camera in your computer screen, to record your thoughts about your life, and other things besides, for your children, partner, family, you name it. The creators especially had children in mind, because children […]
