Post mortem photos
Is this custom going to make a comeback? Why not? More here.
Pugnacious priests and supine celebrants
A little while ago a United Reformed Church minister wrote this: I’ve had a bit of a narrow escape : I’m doing a funeral today and went to see the family three days ago. As I was leaving the house, something they said suggested that they had requested that “the curtain should not be closed”. […]
Burial depth – my last word
For some time now I have been nagging natural burialists about the depth at which they inter their bodies. My concern has been that, beneath the topsoil, a body is not going to enjoy the ecologically positive rot envisaged for it. I have had this response from Emma Restall Orr at Sun Rising. I think […]
