Marilyn’s funeral is Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane PE28 4EQ on Friday 12th October 2012 at 2.00pm. Please arrive early and be seated by 1.45pm, and at Marilyn’s request please wear bright colours. Further details and messages here.     

;   Jimmy Savile’s grave with the headstone removed. It has been broken up and sent to landfill.

  Ever heard of the peak-end rule? In the words of Wikipedia: According to the peak–end rule, we judge our experiences almost entirely on how they were at their peak and how they ended, regardless of valency [duration] (whether pleasant or unpleasant). Other information is not lost, but it is not used. This

  Image I am filming with Bernard Underdown, Gravedigger of the Year, at Deerton Natural Burial Ground. We are standing beside one of Bernard’s freshly-dug graves talking with ever-so over-egged animation about graveyard myths and superstitions. We exhaust the topic, look over to the camera, and the cameraman says, “Lovely.