We’ve had a lot of correspondence here at the GFG since Dispatches flung that stuff about Co-operative Funeralcare in our eye (5 mins of telly souffléd into half an hour with a dollop of unleavened ombudsman). It’s been complaints, mostly, and of course I can’t go into detail about

  Celebrant Karen Partridge wants this played at hers in tribute to her father, who had it played at his.

Saint Maximus   Saint Maximus resting   Saint Theodosius More bejewelled saints here.  Glittering thanks to Phoebe Hoare, presently drowning in Ireland, for the link.      

        By Richard Rawlinson   Dublin undertaker Massey Brothers is responding to the changing attitude to religion in Ireland by offering families non-denominational funerals, online advice and motorbike hearses. While these initiatives may no longer be especially novel in Britain, they’re causing a bit of a stir in