Clive Dunn died today aged 92. He survived the recording above (a UK No. 1) by a mere 40 years.

Undertaker Intro from Promineo Studios on Vimeo.   An amusing little drama here describing an undertaker besieged by the spirits of people he has buried and condemned to a lightless existence. You will observe the auteurial influence of early Ingmar Bergman, Pedro Aldomovar, the Coen brothers and Jacques Cousteau. You’ll

  What’s bad news for undertakers is good news for the rest of us. And the good news for the rest of us is that, in the words of the Guardian,  Less of us are dying than at any time since mortality data was collected. Good news for the rest

  Linda Blakelock, of the recently-opened Divine Departures in Gateshead, has decorated the shop windows for Remembrance Day.  Do, please, send in photos of a funeral director near you who has done the same.   

    Tom Walkinshaw,right, with Dick Gordon, Command Module Pilot of Apollo 12  Pic ©Walk with Destiny   Posted by Tom Walkinshaw Ed’s note: Tom is an enterprising fellow who has a plan to launch ashes into Space – Space burial, he calls it. He needs your help and expertise to get