Way To Go
From the Daily Mail, an emollient newspaper for those who like to keep their blood pressure low: The BBC came under fire today for a new sitcom which makes light of assisted suicide. A new series starring Blake Harrison, of the Inbetweeners, tells the story of three young men who build a suicide machine and […]
Tea, cakes, death and a movie
The Natural Death Centre Charity proudly presents: The NDC Death Café Film Event 2.30pm – 5pm Sunday 24 February 2013 London NW2 6AA (near Willesden Green underground station) Suggested donation : £5 As part of this Death Café, young documentary filmmaker Olivia Humphreys will show her 20 minute film ‘Noctuaries’. Josefine Speyer, psychotherapist and […]
Death lit
The Natural Death Centre now has its own online e-magazine. Aimed at consumers, it has features which will also interest funeral directors and celebrants. There’s a straight-talking feature about natural burial, an analysis of the rise of direct cremation, some radical talk about open-air cremation, a caveat emptor article for funeral shoppers by Jon Underwood, the […]
I never met a raven I didn’t like
Dr. Berndt Heinrich, 72, emeritus biology professor at the University of Vermont, spends much of his time in a cabin in the woods with no electricity or running water, studying animals. His latest book, “Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death”, is about how animals die and how they recycle each other: It’s not so much about […]
