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In this interview we meet Briony from The London Funeral Singers to find out more about how she got started and why music is such an important and evocative part...

It sometimes feels like there are two types of widows in the world – the stooped old lady stereotype, and the kind that swish their glamorous cloaks around, Scottish Widows-style. At...

We meet Amanda German of whiteballoon.co.uk, a free online resource for funerals and end of life planning. Combining practical advice with inspiration, it has been designed both for funeral planning, and also for anyone who...

Former teacher Julia Page changed careers in 2019 to retrain as a humanist celebrant and has since conducted more than 600 funerals. Here she tells us why she loves what she does...

In our latest interview we meet Henry Emson, founder of One Life One Tree which enables people to offset an entire lifetime of carbon emissions by planting a Giant Sequoia...

As thoughts turn at this time of year to living a healthier lifestyle, life coach Karen Whybrow recalls drowning her sorrows after her husband’s death – and the series of...

We meet shroud maker Yuli Sømme from Bellacouche who has been crafting beautiful handmade felt funeral shrouds and eco-friendly soft coffins from her studio in Devon for over 20 years.

Meet Natasha Bradshaw, superintendent at Mortlake Crematorium in Richmond and organiser of the Full Circle Festival which aims to educate, inspire and celebrate 80 years of Mortlake Crematorium supporting the local...

A Day in the Life of... Noel and Jill Brennan from Casting Ashes Cremation Sculpture Studio in Cornwall. Their story is such an inspiring one of following your passions that we...