https://www.partoflife.org/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-24 https://www.partoflife.org/blog/panorama-assisted-dying-whats-next monthly 0.5 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/5d105bf1-3014-4d53-8495-b36ea4b4a94d/Panorama+1.png Blog - Assisted Dying: What's Next? - But now the bill covering England and Wales is getting held up in the House of Lords, and many of its supporters fear that it is running out of time. In Panorama's latest documentary, 'Assisted Dying: What's Next?', the BBC's medical editor, Fergus Walsh, talks to leading supporters and opponents, and visits Dorothy House, a hospice near Bath, to talk to patients at the end of their lives. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/what-to-do-when-someone-dies monthly 0.5 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1773832396277-10H4H4937F6QWZSHTX3V/unsplash-image-MIfUp3FA5ek.jpg Blog - What to do when someone dies - 1) Confirming the death A death must be formally confirmed by a medical professional. If the person dies at home, you’ll need to contact their GP or the NHS helpline. If they die in hospital, staff will take care of this step on your behalf. Once confirmed, you will receive a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death, which you need before you can register the death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1773832669754-8I8K0VKDV49OOD3ZV5LC/unsplash-image-OQMZwNd3ThU.jpg Blog - What to do when someone dies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1773833024761-4PYLMN3L7OU6BZGBHRH7/unsplash-image-EQSPI11rf68.jpg Blog - What to do when someone dies - Digital Legacy You may also wish to consider the digital legacy of the person who has died. We all have a digital footprint, such as social media accounts, emails, online gaming and many more. Take a look at our interview with James Norris, founder of the Digital Legacy Association, to find out what you should know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1773833107759-X8IBJOWVD2JMVLSV9D0H/unsplash-image-YuMTdck2vK8.jpg Blog - What to do when someone dies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1773833227985-6JO5QNEVVL7HJB997X7T/unsplash-image-K8XYGbw4Ahg.jpg Blog - What to do when someone dies - 7) Emotional and practical support Bereavement can be overwhelming. Charities, local councils, and NHS services offer emotional support, counselling, and practical guidance. Many people also find comfort in community groups or faith-based organisations. You can find bereavement resources here. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/water-cremation monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/676daf2c-d6e8-493e-a517-e03d230afce2/WATER_CREMATION_THUMB.jpg Blog - Water cremation in the UK - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1772702089953-L3UVW14Q2KT7LNSY68OX/unsplash-image-dR-m0BfUD1U.jpg Blog - Water cremation in the UK - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/how-scrubs-handles-death-and-grief monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1fb4fefd-1aa4-465b-849a-24d6766de93a/scrubs_reboot.webp Blog - How Scrubs handles death and grief https://www.partoflife.org/blog/interview-with-a-pathologist-post-mortems monthly 0.5 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/cd010a34-edd5-4ee9-92f8-101477b612d0/Chris+Meehan+pic.jpg Blog - Interview with a pathologist: what happens during a post-mortem examination - We were delighted to have the opportunity to speak to Chris Meehan, Consultant Histopathologist at the Royal United Hospital in Bath about his work on post-mortems. For some, the topic of autopsies is taboo; a subject too uncomfortable to approach. For others, it’s a fascinating, though slightly squeamish reality. So what are Chris’s thoughts on post-mortems and public perception of his role? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1771418909364-49BP5O4YOBQ9EKS949C0/unsplash-image-O6LZ3j_fK88.jpg Blog - Interview with a pathologist: what happens during a post-mortem examination - “I've probably done 2,500/3,000 cases and probably 10 of them have disturbed me. An example might be the first time I did a post-mortem on somebody the same age as me. That's the sort of thing you don't forget.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1771342996697-C2G3HABEOGJTZXMH3NRW/unsplash-image-fN6K30xtiKE.jpg Blog - Interview with a pathologist: what happens during a post-mortem examination - My job generally is emotionally neutral, so when I'm doing a biopsy and making a diagnosis of breast cancer, I don't know the patient, I'm not getting highs and lows. It's similar to post-mortems. I'm trying to concentrate on the cause of death. I’m doing my best for that patient, and for their relatives. That's my job; that's what I'm trained for. It's a very controlled, clinical environment. It’s problem solving, using your hands and observing. You may be told “we're expecting this result”, and if you find something else, you know that's unusual. So you're examining your case. You've got a knowledge-base in your head and you're trying to make sure everything adds up, and there's that aspect of trying to make sure it all comes together, or it's explicable for the report you're doing, or for the family if they ask questions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1771342594224-HY98NKWEN8MCHIJCR077/Mortuary2.png Blog - Interview with a pathologist: what happens during a post-mortem examination - Mortuary at the RUH, Bath Mortuary at the RUH, Bath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1771342594156-6XGCSYFQKBX41M4NAJ7W/Mortuary1.png Blog - Interview with a pathologist: what happens during a post-mortem examination - Mortuary at the RUH, Bath Mortuary at the RUH, Bath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1771343410392-X6PM9Y5G8JZF56SHZKN4/unsplash-image-8WYkI3cEZm8.jpg Blog - Interview with a pathologist: what happens during a post-mortem examination - Bodies are first refrigerated, then they’ll have to be identified. We’ll need their history from the GP and to talk to the GP or representative from the surgery. If they can’t issue a cause of the death, then the autopsy will be scheduled. Usually, it's a few days through the medical examiner system. For example, I did cases yesterday who died at the end or middle of last week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1771419113137-CYOQVWAJXUMUPW7OWPPI/unsplash-image--lulun7F32c.jpg Blog - Interview with a pathologist: what happens during a post-mortem examination - I tend to try and find the cause of death first, going through a sequence. Usually, I would examine the heart and lungs first and then the kidneys and bladder and then do the stomach, liver and the spleen from the upper gastro-intestinal, and then re-examine the brain at the end. I would always rather go and look for the cause of death first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1771419249282-7LB95CFZY30GEHGHTE4C/unsplash-image-NIuGLCC7q54.jpg Blog - Interview with a pathologist: what happens during a post-mortem examination - Ischemic heart disease means a lack of blood supply to the heart. What happens with a condition called atheroma is that you get a build-up of fat inside the wall of the artery. The blood flow through that will be much reduced. The oxygen is carried in red blood cells in that blood and the heart just doesn't get enough blood and oxygen. In post-mortem, I would look through those coronary arteries that I'll cut at maybe 3-millimetre intervals to see if there is any blockage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1771344273478-O9MEHACXRXJ46O05TC6M/unsplash-image-zQEmEAb-WpY.jpg Blog - Interview with a pathologist: what happens during a post-mortem examination - It may be there are people not getting to the GPs but then they become ill, come to hospital and then they get better and go home. So, I'm not quite sure, but there's something slightly odd this year and it's not just this hospital, other hospitals are experiencing the same. The mortuaries are not as busy as we'd expect for the numbers in hospital. We'll take that as a win! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1771344155887-3EUKFKW8MNO7ZQB5YZ9M/unsplash-image-WW-4bspunFY.jpg Blog - Interview with a pathologist: what happens during a post-mortem examination - I think the biggest misconception about autopsies in TV and film is really the way the pathologist visits the scene of a crime. In reality, most of the information is collected by the police, GP or the ambulance team. But I suspect it's a way of saving money for the production team! https://www.partoflife.org/blog/sex-and-intimacy-at-end-of-life monthly 0.5 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1770917567561-AHRLFC1YPZQV23CFQMM9/unsplash-image-RvF2R_qMpRk.jpg Blog - Valentine’s Day: Sex, intimacy and relationships at the end of life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1770917602980-44D0R8XVJ4UDFXRPGW1C/unsplash-image-D-Dh6yUy8-M.jpg Blog - Valentine’s Day: Sex, intimacy and relationships at the end of life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/30cb2740-850d-4f21-8421-589d77ceb99d/DyingForSex_01.png Blog - Valentine’s Day: Sex, intimacy and relationships at the end of life - Dying for Sex – TV tackling the taboo While sex and intimacy at the end of life is not yet commonly discussed, TV show ‘Dying for Sex’ steers directly into the topic, looking at it through a lens of both humour and startling insight. You can read our full review of Dying for Sex here. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/tv-review-dying-for-sex monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/243b3128-1ec9-45c7-9a8f-ef250cbbd68f/DyingForSex_01.png Blog - Dying for Sex TV Review - Over the years, death on TV and in the movies has been navigated in a multitude of ways. Award-winning drama Six Feet Under revolved around a family that runs a funeral home, with each episode starting with a death and a series finale which has been described as one of the greatest in television. Content warning: This review contains major spoilers for Dying for Sex and briefly discusses childhood sexual abuse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/0a4ff57f-18a6-4404-bdea-587f955971ca/DyingForSex_02.png Blog - Dying for Sex TV Review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/life-after-review monthly 0.5 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/e5d686f2-dfe5-4a3c-a6c9-fac9f725bf39/Saiyada.webp Blog - Life After: A Reflection on Choice, Equity and the Fragility of Humanity - Saiyada Fazal, Organisational and People Development Partner at Dorothy House Hospice Care, recently attended the premiere of Life After, a film focusing on the topic of assisted dying from the perspective of disabled people. Here are her thoughts on Life After. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b7a7953c-b1f0-458e-8537-60014df79009/Life-After.png Blog - Life After: A Reflection on Choice, Equity and the Fragility of Humanity - As someone living with a complex condition, I found the film confronting. My partner, too, reflected on the personal impact of a loved one choosing assisted dying, the mix of love, respect, loss, and relief. These aren’t abstract questions for many of us; they’re lived, embodied, and deeply human. My own values lean towards personal freedom. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/being-a-compassionate-companion monthly 0.5 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1b9f6809-cc25-4e29-8825-cd074bbcc9a8/Albert+Sobilo.jpg Blog - Being a Compassionate Companion - Albert recently qualified as an integrative counsellor, focusing on loss and grief. He considers himself part of the death-positive movement, a natural continuation of his personal and professional journey. Albert is also a member of the Instytut Dobrej Śmierci (Institute of Good Death), a Polish non‑profit organisation dedicated to fostering open dialogue and education around death, dying, and grief. In our latest blog, Albert explains his role as a volunteer Compassionate Companion, and what the experience means to him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1761755280684-CV0WAVCTVOL3G3K6L2PP/unsplash-image-GwgFPDXiSIs.jpg Blog - Being a Compassionate Companion - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1761755618979-MA9RG8V2HN2USD94ZX3H/unsplash-image-F7m3QZJ_4mg.jpg Blog - Being a Compassionate Companion - For me, this role is a deeply rewarding one. Every single visit is a special experience, and every patient is unique. As Companions, we are often sitting with patients who are no longer conscious or able to speak. There is usually a great deal of silence, which can sometimes feel heavy or overwhelming, but I remind myself that this silence is simply a space where we co-exist without the need for words. In those moments, I am called to be fully present and practice focused attention. This means intentionally setting aside my own mental chatter and distractions and letting go of the need to ‘fix’ anything. We are facing the unknown, and it can sometimes be scary or uncomfortable, but it requires me to notice the human first and limit distractions. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/post-mortem-photography monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/15dc5f4e-e954-44d1-997b-40da4f1d9166/Victorian_era_post-mortem_family_portrait_of_parents_with_their_deceased_daughter.jpg Blog - Post-mortem photography: a window into the past - The tradition emerged with the advent of the daguerreotype in 1839, a ground-breaking photographic technique. In an age of high infant mortality, families often had no photos of the deceased. These final images became their sole visual memory. In both Europe and America, Victorian families embraced post-mortem photography as a central mourning ritual. By the early 1900s, photography became more affordable and widespread, allowing people to be photographed in life. At the same time, society’s views on death began to shift, mourning became less elaborate and more private, and hospitals replaced the home as the primary place of death. These societal shifts led to the decline of the practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/46c58119-fc92-4030-9db2-2925b71114c7/Babykinderwagen.jpg Blog - Post-mortem photography: a window into the past - Poses: reclining vs. standing Reclining Poses were the most common arrangement. Subjects, especially children, were usually posed lying down to simulate sleep, symbolising peaceful rest and domestic comfort. Standing or seated poses were less frequent and more technically challenging. These aimed to preserve the illusion of life and were more common for adults. However, many assumed post-mortem standing photos were actually of living people, held still by posing stands during long exposures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/49bc2496-9668-4063-bd00-091ee3e00e1c/512px-Post_mortem_of_a_peaceful-looking_woman_%2826061764051%29.jpg Blog - Post-mortem photography: a window into the past - Though born in a time of high mortality and limited technology, post-mortem photography reveals a timeless human truth: the desire to hold on to those we’ve lost. Far from being morbid, these portraits were acts of love. They gave families something tangible in the face of the intangible, a way to see and remember the departed. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/london-month-of-the-dead monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/d3463b00-8910-42b0-af41-dfa5a4ac0dee/lmod_thank+you.jpg Blog - London Month of the Dead: spooky soirées and morbid musings - Stephen Coates is the co-creator of London Month of the Dead, a fascinating festival of talks, tours and events about death and mortality, running throughout October. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b054b831-5e90-485d-be35-e7cd57e57fcc/542755989_1309637740633459_4140649267346395891_n.jpg Blog - London Month of the Dead: spooky soirées and morbid musings - Make it stand out Left, Suzette Field, centre, Alan Moore, renowned comic book author, right, Stephen Coates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/c0a881bb-5261-47fa-9ff9-53a26985f885/43_hampsteadchurchyard.jpg Blog - London Month of the Dead: spooky soirées and morbid musings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/5f34dac3-94fa-4111-803c-87ed7660d8d7/tombstones.jpg Blog - London Month of the Dead: spooky soirées and morbid musings - One of this year's talks, for example, is about London's displaced dead, people who committed suicide, who weren't allowed to be buried in conventional churchyards. So on one hand, it can seem like spooky, gothic stuff, but actually there's quite a serious undertone. We want to make it accessible and attractive to people and provoke their curiosity, but with a serious intent beneath it; we're not here to preach though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/ac76d661-bdae-4675-bb06-d056831c4668/storiesinstone.jpg Blog - London Month of the Dead: spooky soirées and morbid musings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/253eb1f3-c65b-410e-94e8-5ddb960c50ef/nunheadcemetery.jpg Blog - London Month of the Dead: spooky soirées and morbid musings - People used to feel that the only time they could go to a cemetery was either when they were dead or when they were attending a funeral, and that's just not the case. Our guided tours of the catacombs are very popular, with visits to places like the St. Brides charnel house with Yelena that's normally inaccessible to the public; it's a wonderful, strange place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b14c780d-5b5d-4b83-a4a3-1cd79650429d/11_highgate+mausolea.jpg Blog - London Month of the Dead: spooky soirées and morbid musings - So I think more people do know more now, and bringing a lot of people through - as we've done - has helped word to spread. We find these days that if you say the ‘Magnificent Seven’, quite often people know what you're talking about. Not everybody though and of course, this is quite London-centric. But I think generally there's more openness and awareness of access to the cemeteries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/ba7b5dd3-8b43-4539-87f6-c9ed5477cc72/bromptoncatacombs.jpg Blog - London Month of the Dead: spooky soirées and morbid musings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/becoming-a-death-doula monthly 0.5 2025-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/f5c4b7ca-87f6-41f7-a47e-467c98a34f5e/Mangala-Holland-+author-image.jpg Blog - Becoming a death doula - Mangala Holland is a death doula in training, having completed a foundation course with Living Well Dying Well. Having worked in the sexual wellness world for 12 years, she is no stranger to journeying with people through tender, challenging and intimate times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1755619887043-K93HE3S0YXBD6M5NHJ1U/unsplash-image-MIfUp3FA5ek.jpg Blog - Becoming a death doula - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1755619940636-XO4KAM5RXBWJUN9P8BAT/unsplash-image-Hb6uWq0i4MI.jpg Blog - Becoming a death doula - I looked at a few different training programs, and Living Well Dying Well was the one that just felt right. It's also the only certified End of Life Doula training program in the UK. So I did the foundation training with them and it’s opened up this amazing world to me. I'm now part of the training team, so it's a really lovely way to be reaching more people and having these conversations about what's possible; how can we empower ourselves and our loved ones and our families to make the most of this really profound transition, and to do it as well as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1755620109504-KNA63AJ202HQ1LC7PZO1/unsplash-image-zQEmEAb-WpY.jpg Blog - Becoming a death doula - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1755620172933-Q8KB833R33IGXOYB4T7X/unsplash-image-7okkFhxrxNw.jpg Blog - Becoming a death doula - There is so much support available via End of Life Doula UK once participants have gone through the foundation training. They provide advice on insurance, mentorships, supervision, regional groups, and Living Well Dying Well offer further training in the form of a two-year diploma. So you're not just left on your own and I think that's really important, because at the moment it's not a regulated role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/db221a9e-0d28-47db-bf42-8f9e97ea10b8/kathryn+mannix.webp Blog - Becoming a death doula - I absolutely love Kathryn Mannix’s approach and the way she normalises the process so people know what to expect. Doula work is about supporting people to have the best death possible and to live their lives as fully as they can up until that final moment. I think there's something really rewarding and fulfilling in that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1b44df24-d348-4f6a-9cc6-c313b1e2d992/423f6320-b55b-453b-a85f-dea05bd495d9.webp Blog - Becoming a death doula - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/lung-disease-end-of-life-care-research-study monthly 0.5 2025-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b24a82e9-03e5-4509-b858-62dbd1297ad1/profile+pic+2025.jpg Blog - Lung disease and end of life: take part in research - Nurse and PhD student, Kathy Rogers, is currently exploring the experiences of caregivers who looked after someone who died with a respiratory disease with the University of the West of England, Bristol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1750855828261-KHYBE6WWL6JCOOSTAF5T/unsplash-image-GwgFPDXiSIs.jpg Blog - Lung disease and end of life: take part in research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/death-masks-through-time monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/45afaa7c-a6a6-4a3e-8576-8da90c059a9b/512px-Making_Death_Mask_Edit_4.jpg Blog - The history of death masks: faces of the departed - More realistic and tangible than a portrait and more personal than a gravestone, these masks freeze a final moment in time. They’ve been used to honour monarchs, memorialise artists, and even explore the science of the human skull. But they also speak to something deeply emotional: a desire to remain physically connected to loved ones who have died. From Tutankhamun to Lenin, let’s take a look at death masks through history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1752760396768-RR75ULX0EZBCSE7U3WWV/unsplash-image-c0DKAycklGY.jpg Blog - The history of death masks: faces of the departed - Origins in antiquity The origins of death masks can be traced back thousands of years. Ancient Egyptians believed that in order for the soul (particularly the ba and ka, two aspects of the soul) to recognise and reunite with the body after death, the body needed to be preserved and visually identifiable. By providing a recognisable face, even if stylised, the mask served as a spiritual identifier that allowed the deceased to safely journey through the afterlife. In Mycenaean Greece, gold masks like the famed "Mask of Agamemnon" were placed on the faces of elite deceased males. These too were more symbolic than literal, but reflect the ancient impulse to preserve and honour nobility who had died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1752761029799-GF6LJPLDY84M4E329HDJ/unsplash-image-irs3jCK_qVE.jpg Blog - The history of death masks: faces of the departed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b65b0fbd-9650-4a83-84c2-6d805a564710/512px-Appartamento_dei_priori%2C_maschera_di_dante_%28falso_dei_primi_del_novecento%29.jpg Blog - The history of death masks: faces of the departed - The Renaissance and beyond After a lull during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance revived the practice, aided by growing interest in anatomy, realism, and a classical revival. Artists and nobles alike had death masks made, including famous figures like Dante Alighieri (see right), Torquato Tasso, and Benvenuto Cellini. These masks were often used to produce posthumous portraits or sculptures. British monarchs from this time who had death masks made include Henry VII and Mary Queen of Scots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/f64fb557-49c8-464e-87d8-3645964e1695/512px-Death_mask_of_Richard_Parker.jpg Blog - The history of death masks: faces of the departed - While the practice of photography was growing in sophistication and popularity, death masks still found their place amongst the Victorian ‘cult of mourning’, a profound societal preoccupation. A death mask of Prince Albert was taken and kept by Queen Victoria as a personal relic, though her final instructions refused to allow to have one made of herself. Due to their cost and complexity, death masks were generally restricted to the upper classes or public figures. Many of the 19th century’s most famous figures had masks made: Napoleon Bonaparte, Beethoven, Blake, and Voltaire, to name a few. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/494b3e48-00b7-4de2-8173-314f21629eed/L%27inconnue_de_la_Seine_%28masque_mortuaire%29.jpg Blog - The history of death masks: faces of the departed - There were no signs of violence. Authorities believed she had drowned, possibly a suicide. Her identity was never discovered, and her unclaimed body might have vanished into anonymity. But something changed when a pathologist at the Paris morgue, struck by her serene beauty, made a plaster cast of her face. The mask captured a calm, almost smiling expression, an enigmatic peace that captivated artists, writers, and bohemians across Europe. Soon, reproductions of her mask adorned the walls of Parisian studios and cafes. She became a muse to Surrealists, poets, and existentialists. The poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote about her. Novels were inspired by her. Some have argued that the mask was mostly likely taken from a live model, and the story was in fact just that, a story. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/grief-journaling monthly 0.5 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1747242855850-XI8DSMEEE8018QL4SG0V/unsplash-image-cVhNKuypaP8.jpg Blog - Grief Journaling - As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we invited Part of Life’s resident blogger, Amy Jackson, to share her experience and top tips for how to get the best out of Grief Journaling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1747243490977-J7IYAV5ASSE0ZOBSKJN6/unsplash-image-WA_O4UAUfxc.jpg Blog - Grief Journaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1747243543496-RIH3KK8QL288W0EF1O0F/unsplash-image-sJNxtoQUzeM.jpg Blog - Grief Journaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1747243653892-UFC4B66KR8OZKFJY38FC/unsplash-image-AYQG4SjWTys.jpg Blog - Grief Journaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1747243739748-B0VNMIGQA4IQLEHRLH0O/unsplash-image-2Jv5KvC45uc.jpg Blog - Grief Journaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/the-culture-of-dying-matters monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b89e2491-5966-4245-8e8b-d3b937293869/Saiyada.jpg Blog - Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025: The Culture of Dying Matters - This Dying Matters Awareness Week, from 5 – 11 May, Hospice UK is focusing on how different communities and cultures in the UK feel, talk about, and deal with death and dying – and what brings them together. The theme of this year's campaign is: The Culture of Dying Matters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/4e25aab9-8730-4abe-b26a-04a33710b644/DSC_0163.JPG Blog - Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025: The Culture of Dying Matters - Make it stand out Saiyada, aged seven, front left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1746016831039-3FYVJ458TGHQV020EEDY/unsplash-image-60XLoOgwkfA.jpg Blog - Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025: The Culture of Dying Matters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1746017018175-U6MABY5TX2ZDYRXRK4ZR/unsplash-image-9cx4-QowgLc.jpg Blog - Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025: The Culture of Dying Matters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1746017105557-WL9CV7BRLFOKJQ3XUUL0/unsplash-image-uCtcE2T3jpQ.jpg Blog - Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025: The Culture of Dying Matters - I do still follow some of them. Others — I’ve made my own way. I want to be buried in a natural meadow, wrapped in my own shroud. One of my meditation practices involves contemplating death — and I often sit with my shroud. Not because I’m morbid, but because it reminds me to live with intention. To love well. To let go. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/art-and-death-world-art-day-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/ce6776da-d9a7-4303-bdb4-0a1d6324a714/1024px-Gustav_Klimt_-_Death_and_Life_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg Blog - World Art Day 2025: the depiction of death in art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/19f05b4e-6340-4ef0-9b2e-3f82afc5e7fb/cleopatra.JPG Blog - World Art Day 2025: the depiction of death in art - The death of Cleopatra has fascinated historians and artists for two thousand years. After the Battle of Actium 31 BC, in which Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated at sea by Octavian, Cleopatra tricked Antony in to believing she had killed herself. Antony proceeded to commit suicide but was able to die in Cleopatra’s arms. She later also committed suicide, famously known through Shakespeare’s play, by using a poisonous asp. The work of art chosen by Part of Life is Damià Campeny's terracotta sculpture, ‘Death of Cleopatra’, created around 1804, depicting the death of the Egyptian queen, and currently housed at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. It is a life sized sculpture, capturing her moments after death, the venomous asp slithering along her arm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/acb973ce-6cab-410b-ac8b-182dc2a422b6/tomb3.jpg Blog - World Art Day 2025: the depiction of death in art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/0c5be270-3ddd-4c48-a71a-226055288c6c/Dying_gaul.jpg Blog - World Art Day 2025: the depiction of death in art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/6b5744e0-b81a-4ce0-839f-6da58b86961d/danse-macabre.jpg Blog - World Art Day 2025: the depiction of death in art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/745142aa-0455-471f-aab3-ea4202120879/800px-Pieta_de_Michelangelo_-_Vaticano.jpg Blog - World Art Day 2025: the depiction of death in art - The Pietà (Our Lady of Pity) – Michelangelo, 1499 Another lifelike sculpture, Michelangelo's ‘Pietà’, also known as ‘Madonna della Pietà’ or ‘Our Lady of Pity’, is a marble sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, located in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. While this sculpture does portray the death of Christ, the focus is on the sorrow of Mary, whose serene grief and loss is deeply moving. Michelangelo's aesthetic interpretation of the Pietà was unprecedented in Italian sculpture, because rather than presenting Mary as a mature maternal fugure, she is young and beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/3deb6b69-f5d9-4389-8551-7830c142b58a/ophelia-1446662398.jpg Blog - World Art Day 2025: the depiction of death in art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/0be696c3-7ff5-4e20-aaac-30d150735e4a/After_the_Storm_by_Sarah_Bernhardt.jpg Blog - World Art Day 2025: the depiction of death in art - After the Storm - Sarah Bernhardt, 1876 Sarah Berhandt witnessed a tragic scene on the seashore; an old woman found her drowned grandson caught in a fishing net. Deeply moved by what she saw, Bernhardt created a sculpture of the moment, the peasant woman cradling the body of the child. The depiction of the death of a child is always particularly shocking, and Bernhardt’s anatomy lessons help to convey the physical reality and intensity of the subject. It also very clearly evokes Micahelangelo’s ‘Pieta’, which we previously looked at, highlighting the universality of the experience of death and grief, whether divine figures, or lowly Breton peasants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/d8234a19-3240-4133-974a-8c0948ad4824/guernica.jpg Blog - World Art Day 2025: the depiction of death in art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/d71ed06f-f818-4d53-90ff-b5893bc2d77e/German.PNG Blog - World Art Day 2025: the depiction of death in art - A Dead German in a Trench – William Orpen, 1918 During World War I, Irish artist, William Orpen, was the most prolific of the official war artists sent by Britain to the Western Front. While there, he depicted the reality of war, with stark visuals of dead bodies and decomposition in the aftermath of peace. He donated most of his works to the British government and they are now housed in the Imperial War Museum, London. In ‘A Dead German in a Trench’, it depicts a view from inside a trench showing the skeleton of a German soldier hanging upside-down from the trench wall. The skeleton is partially covered by the remains of his uniform, and his helmet lies upturned on the trench floor. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/liminal-time-workshop monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/f6d70869-a337-4a00-9a5a-86a630865216/Media+%281%29.jpg Blog - The power of the ‘in-between’ time Isabel Russo & James Byron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/e909d160-00d0-45ed-828d-7ff0fc7a7a15/liminal+time.jpg Blog - The power of the ‘in-between’ time - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1743069085225-PRAV9VP7M6GUT4KZCLVO/unsplash-image-0rTCXZM7Xfo.jpg Blog - The power of the ‘in-between’ time - The influence of fathers on sons Now for the spoiler alert – it turned out to be all about our relationships with our dads, dead or alive. It might be something about the likelihood of men dying before women, but it felt like the father/son relationship did have unique difficulties after all. There was certainly no sense that it was because anyone there didn’t love their mum. To a man, we all turned out to have unresolved tensions in the relationships with our fathers that had, or would, play a part in how we experience the end of their lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1743074081168-9IV8QJC7P7OL22EVWT8K/unsplash-image-dm9EHhIZm-k.jpg Blog - The power of the ‘in-between’ time What was so profound was learning from what others shared. The universal relevance of disparate experiences were incredible to absorb. Somehow Isabel had created the perfect environment for self-realisation. I know from speaking to others who were there that they found the experience just as impactful as I did. Someone commented they would now be much better prepared for the end of a loved one’s life that they expected than they had been for previous deaths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/0ec46486-ab25-4e5f-8a9f-54fe97bb520c/Media+%282%29.jpg Blog - The power of the ‘in-between’ time - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/mothers-day-and-grief monthly 0.5 2025-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1742382729730-DJVOWG1E22AD598ZWYDL/unsplash-image-RLdcScGQEJ4.jpg Blog - Mother’s Day and grief - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1742382994167-OGLIQKAUSM1S1ERIMUL7/unsplash-image-RffDOBV_sdQ.jpg Blog - Mother’s Day and grief - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/books-for-children-and-young-people monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/4e8639ae-d162-460f-8305-1764e356b412/unsplash-image-hDcAjjkM-PU.jpg Blog - Books for children and young people – International Children’s Book Day To mark International Children’s Book Day on 2 April, Part of Life guest blogger, Amy Jackson, explores some of the most popular children’s books on death, dying and grief. We know that death and dying is a taboo topic for most adults, but this is especially the case when it comes to how adults talk to children and young people. But death is part of life, so what happens when children come face to face with the inevitable loss of a loved one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/677c0953-c007-4116-bac0-124883544f69/My+many+coloured+days.PNG Blog - Books for children and young people – International Children’s Book Day - 1: My Many Coloured Days – Dr Seuss For children aged 3-5 years With vibrant colours and illustrations, My Many Coloured Days takes readers on the journey of different emotions, represented by different animals, teaching children that it’s normal and okay to experience different emotions at different times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/07810de3-81ab-4265-b5a8-19e5740b67aa/What+does+dead+mean.PNG Blog - Books for children and young people – International Children’s Book Day - 3: What Does Dead Mean? – Caroline Jay & Jenni Thomas For children aged 4-7 years Designed to answer the more difficult questions around death and dying, this beautifully illustrated book addresses real questions that children have asked and deals with them thoughtfully and sensitively, along with prompts to encourage conversation and creativity to help children explore their feelings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/09b59930-ccce-4a7a-9b91-b5d76b120f8e/You+will+be+ok.PNG Blog - Books for children and young people – International Children’s Book Day - 6: You Will Be Okay – Julie Stokes For children aged 9-12 years Written by Winston’s Wish founder and clinical psychologist Julie Stokes, You Will Be Okay is a gentle guide for older children experiencing feelings of grief and loss. Complete with practical exercises such as writing down memories of the person who’s died, and inspiring stories from others who have experienced the loss of a loved one, this book is designed to help children find strength and process their feelings in a healthy way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/7ebf2ed8-f1dc-4f66-ba50-59bb2b6669b5/The+invisible+string.PNG Blog - Books for children and young people – International Children’s Book Day - 9: The Invisible String – Patrice Karst For children aged 3-6 years A highly recommended resource among parents, teachers, social workers and therapists for children, The Invisible String is a comforting and reassuring read for children facing any form of separation anxiety, exploring the unbreakable connections between loved ones. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/decoding-a-victorian-cemetery monthly 0.5 2025-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/ccc3843e-3010-4c23-81b7-5e01e66bc1a0/20250220_155233.jpg Blog - Grave iconography – decoding a Victorian cemetery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/3d91b6ca-1f74-4c7b-af98-3926e24bf82f/20250220_154944.jpg Blog - Grave iconography – decoding a Victorian cemetery - Angel -God’s messengers and guardians: Blowing a trumpet (or perhaps two trumpets) – representing the day of judgment, and call to resurrection. Carrying the departed soul - as a child in their arms, or as a guardian embracing the dead, the ‘messengers of God’ are often shown escorting the deceased to Heaven. Flying - Rebirth. Many angels gathered together in the clouds -represents Heaven. Weeping - grief, or mourning an untimely death. Cherub - the grave of a child. Finger pointing up - the deceased’s ascent to Heaven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1740671879338-86AKXIBT6F3SB77CCJMR/unsplash-image-OyDdHFiCU6Q.jpg Blog - Grave iconography – decoding a Victorian cemetery - Make it stand out The circle around the crosspiece symbolises eternity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/a036952d-3573-42f4-94dc-e476168f3060/20250220_155159.jpg Blog - Grave iconography – decoding a Victorian cemetery - Column Regular - lived a noble life. Broken - an early death. Complete - signifies a long life that has been completed. Urn on top - a symbol of death, ancient Greek cremation. Veil on urn - veil represents the boundary between life and death. With archway - heavenly entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/833f5d91-bf90-4b4c-9706-c9825bc29822/20250220_155402.jpg Blog - Grave iconography – decoding a Victorian cemetery - Nature symbols - Rose: Love, beauty, virtue, motherhood. Just a bud: generally a child 12 years or under. Partial bloom: generally a teenager. Full bloom: normally in early/mid-twenties. The deceased died in the prime of life. Rosebud, broken: life cut short usually found with a young person’s grave. Rosebuds, joining: strong bond between two people (e.g. mother and child who died at the same time). Garland: Victory over death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/f813c5b6-35ee-4f0d-aabd-a66a0097ed99/20250220_154526.jpg Blog - Grave iconography – decoding a Victorian cemetery - Willow: Mourning and earthly sorrow Ivy/evergreen: Faithfulness; remembrance. Ivy is closely identified with death and immortality. It is a symbol of fidelity, eternal life, and undying affection. Dove: Peace, love, purity, resurrection, or the Holy Spirit. Bird: Flight of the soul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/181a3c58-11d5-4d4d-8d45-622544c275a0/20250220_154622.jpg Blog - Grave iconography – decoding a Victorian cemetery - Mortuary chapel - Victorian garden cemeteries usually had two chapels, sometimes known as a chapel of ease or rest; one Anglican and one non-conformist. Bath Abbey cemetery is a private Anglican one, so only has the one chapel with a crypt beneath. Unfortunately, due to a lack of maintenance over the years, the chapel is no longer open to the public as it is structurally unsound. The purpose of mortuary chapels was to store bodies in their coffins before burial. It allowed family and friends a place to pay their last respects to loved ones before the funeral. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/film-review-live-in-time monthly 0.5 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b5b80b7c-e873-480c-bc5c-7b5f2b2cc780/Amy+headshot+square.png Blog - Film review – We Live in Time - Warning - this review contains spoilers! Released in UK cinemas earlier this month, We Live in Time stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh in a romantic comedy-drama that explores love, life and loss. In her latest blog for Part of Life, Amy Jackson reviews the film, looking at the emotional themes involved and how they are portrayed and the important questions it raises about mortality and memory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/841d8540-64bb-4139-ac1d-81e7246b474a/We+live+in+time+1.PNG Blog - Film review – We Live in Time - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/44eec2d7-0412-4e79-8a0f-06d2c2f73ec8/We+live+in+time+3.PNG Blog - Film review – We Live in Time - Almut’s passion for her career is evident from the start of the film, and even more so when shortly after deciding to go ahead with chemotherapy, she’s invited to compete in the Bocuse d'Or, a prestigious cooking competition. Not only does training for the competition conflict with her treatment, but also hers and Tobias’ upcoming wedding. She decides to train for the competition in secret - while at the same time suffering from the effects of chemotherapy – and later makes it to the finals, which she and Tobias come to heads over once he finds out. After Tobias accuses Almut of choosing her career over her family and prioritising her treatment, she reveals her true reasons behind why she is so focused on the competition – how she’s remembered, especially by their daughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/23e6b24c-433e-49e6-9aed-32e6a815f7b2/We+LIve+in+time+2.PNG Blog - Film review – We Live in Time - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/ccb9609d-9367-405b-95c6-80e2429f5d1c/elmo.PNG Blog - Film review – We Live in Time - In the run up to the release of We Live in Time, Garfield has openly spoke about his experiences of grief, in one interview telling Sky News that he bakes her chocolate chip cookies every year on her birthday and the anniversary of her death. The most memorable, however, was his appearance on Sesame Street last year that quickly went viral, in which he chats to Elmo about Lynn and how it’s “okay to miss somebody.” https://www.partoflife.org/blog/how-do-different-religions-view-death-and-dying monthly 0.5 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b5b80b7c-e873-480c-bc5c-7b5f2b2cc780/Amy+headshot+square.png Blog - How do different religions view death and dying? - Religion and spirituality are something many people will think about when faced with mortality, whether a person has been given a terminal diagnosis, is approaching the end of their life, or has experienced a bereavement. In her latest blog for Part of Life, guest blogger Amy Jackson delves in to religious beliefs around death and dying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736957963079-FPHFJ8I472MOBB5KDH85/unsplash-image-5usMLHC0pwo.jpg Blog - How do different religions view death and dying? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736958056264-JJ88YRVFX3ZPDBZ0T7QM/unsplash-image-YAjiXNvFHlY.jpg Blog - How do different religions view death and dying? - As a result, many Buddhists choose to meditate as a way of purifying the mind. When it comes to those nearing the end of life, these rituals can also play an important role. A patient may refuse medication for pain as a way of staying mindful as they approach death, or their loved ones may chant to calm them and send them off into the next realm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736958214647-28DK1ZKIPB6U5NX5I6FP/unsplash-image-QC3YkApoIk8.jpg Blog - How do different religions view death and dying? - As with Hindus, Sikhs also believe that the soul is reborn into the life and death cycle, or that it reaches Moksha. When a person is approaching death, they will receive their final rites in the form of hymns recited from holy scriptures, either by a priest or Giani from their local Gurdwara (the Sikh place of worship). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736958276329-GO6CPI7286E52EDB8FGF/unsplash-image-8vyCtLPlEBo.jpg Blog - How do different religions view death and dying? - The Muslim belief around death and dying is that after our physical death on Earth, our soul lives on, awaiting Judgement Day. The teachings of the Qur’an state that those who are deemed as righteous will go to paradise (known as ‘Jannat’), while those who have sinned will go to hell (known as ‘Jahannam’). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736958316075-M88KVQ2048W7HAA5MA0U/unsplash-image-uNhbzyKvCLY.jpg Blog - How do different religions view death and dying? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736958364477-C1A9JXM6YIH9YGAML934/unsplash-image-u3py_1Tcnuc.jpg Blog - How do different religions view death and dying? - A Christian approaching the end of their life may have a minister visit them to help prepare them for death through reciting prayers, and (if the person is Catholic), a final confession. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/grave-reuse-sacrilege-or-pragmatism monthly 0.5 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736959949328-05F7QGJKY5AYS6V2LY07/unsplash-image-lehbaCvP-ow.jpg Blog - Reuse of graves in the UK: sacrilegious or pragmatic? - Reuse of graves involves the exhumation of remains in an existing grave, digging the grave to a greater depth, re-interring the remains (in a fresh coffin, if necessary), and using the rest of the grave for fresh burials; effectively, a coffin pile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736960084028-CVDLAZJRVL8PPTYUEOZ4/unsplash-image-kUbtzSEAksM.jpg Blog - Reuse of graves in the UK: sacrilegious or pragmatic? - According to current legislation, it is illegal to disturb a grave. However, reuse of graves in England is not a new idea. In Catholic Medieval England, people were often buried in only a shroud, without a coffin, and were left to decompose until only the bones remained. They may then have been reopened and interred in a charnel house (a bone storage facility). The creative reuse of bones can been seen across the world, for example, the Capuchin Crypts in Rome and Palermo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736960284536-QSNS5DW7O6HJ6EB8177J/unsplash-image-XCAOOdhB_0k.jpg Blog - Reuse of graves in the UK: sacrilegious or pragmatic? - However, after the English Reformation, permanent burial and coffins were in vogue, and burial grounds, mostly within city walls, began to fill up. By the 1850s, these burial grounds were in a poor state, particularly in London, where the dense population was forced to live alongside the foul stench of poorly maintained graveyards and the disease that often accompanied decomposition of bodies. Graves were also at the mercy of body snatchers, who would exhume and steal bodies to sell to medical science, and grave robbers, who would steal any valuables buried with the deceased. The cholera epidemic of 1848 that killed around 60,000 people in the UK finally forced the government to take action. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/how-to-make-lasting-memories monthly 0.5 2025-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b76d986a-500a-46b8-842b-0a0f33b1f73c/Rosie+Buckley.jpeg Blog - Cherished Moments: How to Make Memories That Last a Lifetime - While we all know it’s important to build lasting memories with those we love, sometime it’s difficult to know how to achieve this. For guest blogger, Rosie Buckley, this is a subject close to her heart, and here she offers some wonderful tips to help make memories you will cherish long after they have gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736869908940-NMT8D4H3FDKRJNO18AF0/unsplash-image-uLMEcr1O-1I.jpg Blog - Cherished Moments: How to Make Memories That Last a Lifetime - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736869959250-3J70JB7T8AQZY3M8IBAO/unsplash-image-s9CC2SKySJM.jpg Blog - Cherished Moments: How to Make Memories That Last a Lifetime - Ask about their life: A gift went viral on social media recently which was a book full of questions about life experiences for your loved ones. The point of the book is that they answer the questions inside and then return it to you. This is a really effective way of learning about their life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736870519248-UBZ4QMQ8DLA5XN834I2S/unsplash-image-tVy3x2Vu_z4.jpg Blog - Cherished Moments: How to Make Memories That Last a Lifetime - Work on something together: How you go about this can depend on what they’re passionate about and what you both enjoy. If they love making food in the kitchen, create something together like cakes or flapjacks. If they love art, you could work on a scrapbook together. This is a great way of making fun memories whilst having a good catch up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1736870116077-OU468DKXR3FAZ5IGXTHB/unsplash-image-1X3RjmYKDf4.jpg Blog - Cherished Moments: How to Make Memories That Last a Lifetime - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/grief-support-resources monthly 0.5 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733849779373-5BPROSJF5RGJ06ZK1U3Q/unsplash-image-SvbDNnbipj0.jpg Blog - Grief support - Sometimes simple things can help to improve mood and offer comfort when emotions run high. Our Grief Self Care Blog offers some really helpful tips on how to take care of yourself when grieving, no matter what the time of year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733915386199-CJUY5HRSQ7IYWL9EU4NG/unsplash-image-WMvOeO-D8xo.jpg Blog - Grief support - Whether you're looking for a self-help guide, a thought provoking novel, or just thoughts and wisdom on grief, bereavement, death and dying, our Grief Booklist offers a wealth of different options from novelists, respected academics and those who have had first hand experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733920088091-LVQAPHE8LVQ4YCYUPM1E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Grief support - Exploring end of life stories through films can teach us important life lessons and be a useful way of kickstarting often uncomfortable conversations. Movies are a moyenne through which to destigmatise death and dying. Check out our Part of Life Movie Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733915544516-ZOESFD44B8F60I787FMD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Grief support - When there are no words, there is music. The Part of Life Playlist contains songs, music and podcasts from a wide range of genres, but all are designed to destigmatise death, grief and loss. Tune in, skip or rewind and find your track in our Wellbeing Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1702483529874-V55X826477C3YCIBSXTM/claudia-wolff-MiJTU6lqksg-unsplash.jpg Blog - Grief support - If music be the food of love, can poetry be the balm to death? Visit our Poetry Library and decide for yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733848704471-CCUDH5EBDY7VV2YA8QSU/unsplash-image-wZAQJLjDWNY.jpg Blog - Grief support - It can be very hard to know how to support a child or young person through bereavement and grief. Here are a couple of guides to help you navigate your way through what can be a very difficult journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/86d8c33a-dec3-474e-ad80-92314c18ed7a/HEARTS-OF-GLASS-BACK-COVER-SHOT.jpg Blog - Grief support - Beth Nielsen Chapman is renowned for creating music to soothe and inspire. In this candid interview we discuss the taboo of death, the death of Beth’s beloved husband, her own breast cancer diagnosis and the support and death of her friend and fellow artist Olivia Newton John. She also shares her views on the role music and creativity can play in adding life to days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733849312643-JTUADQ3U0X8FGIO4E8XO/unsplash-image-ghYHNrzS8pk.jpg Blog - Grief support - You may find that you need more than self care in coping with grief. If you’re feeling low and looking for a helping hand, make sure to click on the links below to access support. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/national-grief-awareness-week-six-tips monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/4cd44ac4-aed9-46a1-bb70-3c5d822a67c3/AJ+Photo+2024.jpeg Blog - National Grief Awareness Week 2024: Six Ways to Support Someone Who is Grieving - The 2nd to 8th of December marks National Grief Awareness Week 2024. We spoke to Part of Life guest blogger, Amy Jackson, about how best to offer support to someone who is grieving. It can be tricky to navigate a friend or family member’s grief, but here, Amy offers six invaluable tips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733150973161-ZZ6UEN24ESLO0FVBFOSK/unsplash-image-Eel1a_KRHNg.jpg Blog - National Grief Awareness Week 2024: Six Ways to Support Someone Who is Grieving - After my nan died last year, one thing that was said to me on multiple occasions was “at least she’s at peace now.” I understood what they meant. She was in the late stages of dementia and seeing her in those last few months had become increasingly difficult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733151051781-C4C11GPKGPRDX4Y0F4K6/unsplash-image-ghYHNrzS8pk.jpg Blog - National Grief Awareness Week 2024: Six Ways to Support Someone Who is Grieving - One of the things that stuck with me most after my dad died was when I returned to work and a colleague took me aside and said “I’m so sorry to hear about your dad. You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to, but I think it’s important to acknowledge it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733151288965-XVCI8ZACR1GHE8YM0HNV/unsplash-image-6BDx5HV9b4g.jpg Blog - National Grief Awareness Week 2024: Six Ways to Support Someone Who is Grieving - When it comes to ‘being there’ for someone, it can be difficult to know how much space to give them. In the first few days after my dad died, the messages I received from my friends and colleagues were one of the things that kept me going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733151521066-CS1WOYSB0M3RVHPY8G3D/unsplash-image-PF5_cqOQFT4.jpg Blog - National Grief Awareness Week 2024: Six Ways to Support Someone Who is Grieving - While it’s important to remember that sending gifts is completely optional, there are a few things to be mindful of if you do choose to send a little something. Low-maintenance, practical gifts are the way to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733151714598-MHOHUBNEDCX9DE3OWCT0/unsplash-image-yWG-ndhxvqY.jpg Blog - National Grief Awareness Week 2024: Six Ways to Support Someone Who is Grieving - At a glance, “let me know if there’s anything I can do” is great. It comes from a good place. However, there will be plenty of times where the person grieving won’t have the faintest clue what they need, and, if they’re anything like me, they might not want to ask for help for fear of being considered a ‘burden.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733151920201-9JS68HLRSJPSMMQKJ51O/unsplash-image-wESKMSgZJDo.jpg Blog - National Grief Awareness Week 2024: Six Ways to Support Someone Who is Grieving - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/assisted-dying-bill monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1897ec40-a2e0-4dfd-b321-8aded195d1bd/kim+leadbeater.jpg Blog - Assisted dying in the UK: compassion or manslaughter? - On Friday 29 November, MPs voted in support of Kim Leadbeater’s private members’ Assisted Dying Bill. This historic vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales potentially paves the way for a dramatic change in the law. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733128952454-GX57O1SB8B5QGWI8YUN9/unsplash-image-r6_xcsNg0kw.jpg Blog - Assisted dying in the UK: compassion or manslaughter? - Assisted suicide is illegal under the terms of the Suicide Act (1961) and is punishable by up to 14 years' imprisonment. Depending on the circumstances, euthanasia may be considered either manslaughter or murder. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/8b87679c-550d-4ef5-9b1a-967f2343661f/giles-fraser_2044338c.jpg Blog - Assisted dying in the UK: compassion or manslaughter? - Reverend Giles Fraser is a strong opponent of assisted dying due to his personal experiences of depression and suicidal thoughts. This has caused him deep concerns about how the assisted dying law could be watered down to allow those who are otherwise physically well to end their own lives. Credit: Photo: JANE MINGAY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/554f6e88-bf49-4161-94ea-9eaad052044e/tanni-grey-thompson.jpg Blog - Assisted dying in the UK: compassion or manslaughter? - Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is also against a change in the law, arguing that nobody needs to die a "terrible death" if they have access to specialist palliative care. She told Sky's Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips.: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/3270c1a5-dda1-4725-9155-049ed3ce61f8/p02y4rxf.jpg Blog - Assisted dying in the UK: compassion or manslaughter? - Rabbi Jonathan Romain is a strong supporter of legalising assisted suicide as an act of compassion. In 2014 he established Inter-faith Leaders for Dignity in Dying (IFDiD), an inter-faith group of clergy, now numbering 50 leaders, of many religious affiliations, who support the aims of Dignity in Dying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/f9dbb87d-ebea-4979-8af8-09b97ef7d1db/b25lY21zOmQ0YmZhNmQ5LWM0MjEtNGI2Ny05NjU4LWRjYmZiMjgzZDkwMjo0NWZiZDc5Ni1mYzRhLTRlNDUtOTcxNS0wNWI1NWRlNjIyYT Blog - Assisted dying in the UK: compassion or manslaughter? - Dame Esther Rantzen, who has stage four lung cancer, has chosen to join Dignitas. She decided that if treatment for her illness is unsuccessful she would like to have the option to end her life there. She said her decision was driven in part by her wish that her family's last memories of her are not: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733129931592-BL1X1WX5LK8HZ0YDEJ7W/unsplash-image-BxXgTQEw1M4.jpg Blog - Assisted dying in the UK: compassion or manslaughter? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1733130021988-RKSORKBUZ526XZ9FS8G9/unsplash-image-yfmjALh1S6s.jpg Blog - Assisted dying in the UK: compassion or manslaughter? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/grief-self-care-guide monthly 0.5 2025-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/315bef7b-5c9b-4f34-8c36-5bc07b3f80a2/headshot+SCL.jpg Blog - The Grief Self-Care Guide - Taking care of yourself after a bereavement and through a grief journey is often difficult. With immediate admin’ to manage and grieving friends and family to support, your own mental health can take a toll and looking after yourself can seem almost impossible. To mark National Self-Care Week, we asked guest blogger, Amy Jackson, for her tips on how she took care of herself after experiencing a number of bereavements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1732017996592-1Z90UKELXK9WPU5RAVWQ/unsplash-image-FoG8lotg7AA.jpg Blog - The Grief Self-Care Guide - The need to power through, combined with the typical British views of ‘stiff-upper lip’ and the occasional ‘they wouldn’t want me to be so upset,’ thought that can pop into your head from time to time. This makes listening to your body very difficult to do, but honestly, if you listen, it can make you feel so much better. If your energy levels are low, rest and try to get some sleep. If you’re feeling particularly tearful, cry it out. For me, it was giving myself permission to cry. No, they probably wouldn’t want me to be upset. But they’ve died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1732018209780-1SULQMBS0NWLDHQ4MN2Y/unsplash-image-1pAwJiCD60c.jpg Blog - The Grief Self-Care Guide - Try to remind yourself that it’s okay to have days where you feel positive, and that it’s also okay to laugh. They say laughter is the best medicine, and for me that was true. Stand-up comedy DVDs and sitcoms got me through those first weeks of grief, because it was an escape. For half an hour, I could forget about the horrible thing that had happened and just laugh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1732018410828-7KS0L3886IIXJUXHKAF0/unsplash-image-udA8ULjTrkY.jpg Blog - The Grief Self-Care Guide - We know that when it comes to grief, some days are worse than others. So, what can we do on those days where it feels like we can barely get out of bed and self-care activities like exercise or spending time in nature are virtually impossible? Remember that self-care can be as basic or extravagant as necessary, and that’s particularly true when you’re grieving. Basic tasks such as showering and eating nutritious food still count as self-care, even if you admit defeat and go back to bed afterwards! Again – listen to your body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1732018500654-0R67Y02VV25XOI7B87IU/unsplash-image-8eSrC43qdro.jpg Blog - The Grief Self-Care Guide - There’s a reason that ‘Creative Therapy’ is a thing. Creativity will mean different things to different people, but it’s about finding something you enjoy; whether that’s drawing, painting, sewing, or something else. For me, it was writing, especially after my dad died. I wasn’t writing for a specific purpose, but I had so many thoughts in my head and his illness progressed so much quicker than we had expected. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/a-halloween-ode-to-brompton-cemetery monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1730382109439-Y51RU3DTKXZNHN7VKK35/IMG_6239.JPG Blog - A Halloween Ode to Brompton Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1730382054693-MSKXWQ9XFM8DPWFA4VDB/IMG_6234%5B1%5D.JPG Blog - A Halloween Ode to Brompton Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1730382078163-NRUX30DPDUGR5V6L8TG2/IMG_6232.JPG Blog - A Halloween Ode to Brompton Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1730382089648-GVTKYOIWZSRIH8ZKH875/IMG_6235.JPG Blog - A Halloween Ode to Brompton Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1730383176691-GNTH3B7EAUXHOZ20NGCW/IMG_6329%5B1%5D.JPG Blog - 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A Halloween Ode to Brompton Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1730383202470-LS3DSKM54TO2CXE14KG0/IMG_6334%5B1%5D.JPG Blog - A Halloween Ode to Brompton Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1730383258604-ABTO881PXVM7GQH8CNTM/IMG_6332%5B1%5D.JPG Blog - A Halloween Ode to Brompton Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1730383273840-FDVZAAAUYJAJUTPBJ91S/IMG_6333%5B1%5D.JPG Blog - A Halloween Ode to Brompton Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1730383306160-AY5MPTPXNA7LZWSRMQT0/IMG_6339%5B1%5D.JPG Blog - A Halloween Ode to Brompton Cemetery https://www.partoflife.org/blog/book-review-a-beginners-guide-to-dying monthly 0.5 2024-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/a4b8629e-05a2-4db4-9e4d-e2f0364148ce/Simon_Boas1.jpg Blog - Book review: A Beginner’s Guide to Dying - Published in September, A Beginner’s Guide to Dying by Simon Boas, is the book which builds on three letters to his local paper which went viral earlier this year. Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind and Part of Life contributor terms it: Photo credit - The Bookseller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/3ea20dfb-8018-4cd1-94dc-8d76f487ff3c/31XSOOo3bDL._SY445_SX342_.jpg Blog - Book review: A Beginner’s Guide to Dying - There is a clear lesson for us all in cherishing what really matters while we can. Simon Boas was ‘Bob’ to his friends and after reading I’d definitely like to have been one of them. Beyond the chance to share the end of life journey with a good friend you’ve never had, Bob sets out two main themes. The first is why we should feel grateful for the life we’ve had, no matter how short. This is a celebration of the cosmic luck it takes for life to exist at all and to have lived at the point of human history where we get the best experience of it that has ever been available. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/3cd3778f-74e5-4724-9c0b-29ea58d44d04/James.jfif Blog - Book review: A Beginner’s Guide to Dying - Enjoy! James Byron, Director of Marketing & Fundraising at Dorothy House Hospice Care. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/demystifying-body-donation monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1729157235505-WI05FJQAX0333660LGFX/unsplash-image-rmWtVQN5RzU.jpg Blog - Demystifying body donation - Body donation is the act of giving your whole body after death to a medical school or research institution for use in education, research or training. It differs from organ donation, as it requires the whole body, rather than specified, individual organs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1729157518685-5JFF7TOQ6Y4GZALYZCTH/unsplash-image-HpUNxc4Rcu4.jpg Blog - Demystifying body donation - In ancient Greece and Egypt of the 3rd and 4th centuries BC, human dissection was a common method of learning about the body and its inner workings. However, when the Roman Empire converted to Christianity, dissection was prohibited, being viewed as sacrilegious. Renaissance Italy saw the first systematic studies of the human body and brain. This was due to scientists being allowed to dissect human bodies again for study for the first time in centuries. Dispute the practice flourishing during this period, dissection of human bodies continued to be widely prohibited in Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1729157782060-WV9HZND16FSUP9LS5XPI/unsplash-image-WcM3f88-1gA.jpg Blog - Demystifying body donation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1729158075375-2MWWFDADSXL1I96JEY7E/unsplash-image-03Zf94erQWo.jpg Blog - Demystifying body donation - For example, at the University of Cambridge, a Committal Service (combined funeral service) is held within the department prior to the cremation or burial of the donor, this is attended by the staff and students who have been taught by the donor in that year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1729158244777-KRHCPEF0ILHSWV9U8EBI/unsplash-image-RkdEJR2z6pM.jpg Blog - Demystifying body donation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/doctors-and-death monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/8fd55488-235e-488a-9ec2-5b7d72e11a14/461248837_1425645328120696_8716985557443346648_n.jpg Blog - Doctors and death: A Dose of Grief - Could part of this trauma be caused by a lack of death literacy among newly trained doctors? We spoke to Paris and Isabelle, Melbourne University medical students, about how unprepared they felt to deal with the inevitable situations that would occur around the deaths of patients and how they decided to face this issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b22ce659-c37e-42d5-a34e-f56c9148ccf8/Banner.png Blog - Doctors and death: A Dose of Grief - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1ecacb69-74f5-40db-895b-112ae2ae21e1/headshot.jpg Blog - Doctors and death: A Dose of Grief - ADOG has allowed us to connect with many exceptional clinicians, such as Sir Albert Aynsley-Green. Like us, he is on a mission to encourage healthcare workers to come face-to-face with death, dying, and grief, and to take ownership of our role in putting ‘compassion’ back into compassionate care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/a2fd5785-40ef-435b-8127-15ada4a90fb8/459530698_1063763888725418_3320314683699360716_n.jpg Blog - Doctors and death: A Dose of Grief - Paris and Isabelle Melbourne Medical Students https://www.partoflife.org/blog/is-death-really-taboo monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/670eb904-79b4-4897-b352-6d2047765270/Sue+Brayne.jpg Blog - Is death really taboo? - Sue Brayne has an MA in the Rhetoric and Rituals of Death and is an end-of-life researcher. She is the author of The D-Word: talking about dying, Living Fully, Dying Consciously, the path to spiritual wellbeing, and Nearing the End of Life: a guide for family and friends of the dying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/0acc6b70-e744-4ae8-ae94-75246607f16d/olga-kononenko-98__MsKaUsI-unsplash.jpg Blog - Is death really taboo? - This is especially true when people die in hospitals. It’s easy to become enmeshed in clinical processes and practices which are wrapped up in medical jargon. The emphasis is placed on providing life-extending treatment, and our own desire for our relative or friend to ‘recover’ rather than what the dying person really needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/e1f8c1a6-911c-4aae-ad09-c2ba0535b6bd/71lcix6ojOL._AC_UF894%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Blog - Is death really taboo? - The reticence to address the d-word has motivated me to spend the past thirty years helping people to talk more honestly and openly about death and dying. I have achieved this through facilitating workshops and retreats as well as through my book, The D-Word: talking about dying, where I interviewed palliative care doctors and nurses, relatives, and the dying about their experience of opening difficult conversations about the end of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/65e71873-f421-410c-990c-1320a411648f/jonathan-borba-21tOEaJPM_o-unsplash.jpg Blog - Is death really taboo? - Jon was a Buddhist and felt his life’s work was to create an organisation which offered people a safe and confidential space where they could come and talk about death and dying in any way they wanted to. I have run well over a hundred of these meetings, and I am always profoundly touched by the way people express their relief and gratitude for having the opportunity to explore their experiences of death and dying without fear of causing distress to someone or being told they are morbid. In my experience, they are filled with courage, searing honesty, and lots of laughter alongside a few tears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/2bb4c071-11b3-438d-a070-23625a61d20f/roman-kraft-ZoAlN3-pJO8-unsplash.jpg Blog - Is death really taboo? - The main thing is that participants, who arrive as strangers, open their hearts to each other within minutes, and often acknowledge they are revealing thoughts and feelings they have never told another person; the relief is palpable. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/review-eternal-you-documentary monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/295fd605-434b-47d8-8b6f-e1a6298786f4/Khadiza+image.png Blog - Review - ‘Eternal You’: a documentary about the Digital Afterlife Industry - In her second blog for Part of Life, Khadiza Laskor, a third-year PhD Student at the University of Bristol’s Cyber Security Centre for Doctoral Training Programme, reviews ‘Eternal You’: a documentary about the Digital Afterlife Industry. Khadiza’s PhD – 'Governance in the Digital Afterlife’ – is an inductive case study exploring the possibility of anticipatory governance on ‘grief tech’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/2d88f0c0-2fb8-4a32-97dc-c476050b05d3/Eternal+You+1.jpg Blog - Review - ‘Eternal You’: a documentary about the Digital Afterlife Industry - It features companies serving the Digital Afterlife Industry which has grown with the emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI): texts, audio and images generated by algorithms. The companies showcased were Project December, HereAfter AI, YOV, and Soul Machines. It also featured Meeting You, the Korean documentary series that first showed the prospects of reuniting with the deceased in virtual reality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/c809f7a6-868e-46f8-b283-48e266fd5609/Eternal+You+2.jpg Blog - Review - ‘Eternal You’: a documentary about the Digital Afterlife Industry - The founders of Project December, YOV and Soul Machines are filmed explaining their motivations (which range from not accepting death, building a new era of grief and death being unnatural), fine-tuning their products and responding to criticism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/0df4fffa-59b6-4961-b678-cad4b3bda6d9/Eternal+You+3.jpg Blog - Review - ‘Eternal You’: a documentary about the Digital Afterlife Industry - "The founders are dismissive of critics, blaming the taboo of talking about grief in public, users having a flawed belief system, and not being responsible for them. One specific example shows their bewilderment when a chatbot (which they believe has a mind of its own) responds aggressively and offensively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/e5ce9534-1ace-4219-9377-a7a3c55a61e5/Eternal+You+4.png Blog - Review - ‘Eternal You’: a documentary about the Digital Afterlife Industry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/interactive-nature-trail monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/783d7204-175b-4834-8ddd-09cc8a451846/NatureTrail_Boards_A1_01.jpg Blog - Nature connectedness – Dorothy House’s Interactive Nature Trail - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/190e0314-ee0c-491c-9f14-343b07b3663b/001+%287%29.JPG Blog - Nature connectedness – Dorothy House’s Interactive Nature Trail - However, contact with nature is not the same as connection with nature. While contact with nature is important for our general health, connection plays a much more important role in our sense of wellbeing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/f62b80b8-3635-444c-a464-fc9cb6d03005/Owl+1.png Blog - Nature connectedness – Dorothy House’s Interactive Nature Trail - Families seeking to go tech-free can opt to try out nature rubbings created by the Hospice’s Creative Arts Therapists and explore the fascinating life cycles represented on the eight interpretative trail boards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/fa2c1c73-106d-483f-854f-7824318f2e65/Fireflies+1.jpg Blog - Nature connectedness – Dorothy House’s Interactive Nature Trail - Art installation The trail incorporates the stunning light installation, Firefly Woods, created by internationally renowned artist, Bruce Munro and that features 800 fireflies; each one a constellation of separate small lights dedicated in memory to a loved one who has died. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/motor-neurone-disease-study-published monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/bdb7d258-0fec-48a6-9460-3066d10d00ed/MND-article-image.png Blog - Motor Neurone Disease study findings published in BMC Palliative Care - Motor Neurone Disease (MND) leads to muscle weakening, affecting movement, speech, and breathing. Home mechanical ventilation, particularly non-invasive ventilation (NIV), is used to alleviate symptoms and support breathing in people living with MND. But while home mechanical ventilation can alleviate symptoms and improve survival, it does not slow the progression of MND. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/digital-immortality-graham-bell monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/295fd605-434b-47d8-8b6f-e1a6298786f4/Khadiza+image.png Blog - Digital Immortality: In memory of Gordon Bell Khadiza Laskor had the privilege of meeting Gordon Bell a few months ago, and felt it was important to reflect upon his influence in the sphere of digital immortality in light of his recent death. Khadiza is a third-year PhD Student at the University of Bristol’s Cyber Security Centre for Doctoral Training Programme. The programme promotes an interdisciplinary approach in researching themes associated with trust, identity, privacy and security. Her PhD – 'Governance in the Digital Afterlife’ – is an inductive case study exploring the possibility of anticipatory governance on ‘grief tech’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/0c65b36b-46c0-4ec2-b78e-847a3f40aac4/Bell.jpg Blog - Digital Immortality: In memory of Gordon Bell - Born in 1934, Bell was an electrical engineer and manager. From 1960 to 1966, he was an employee of Digital Equipment Corporation, becoming the company’s Vice President of Engineering from 1972-1983, overseeing the development of the VAX computer systems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/87396162-f443-4c0c-bc1c-44875ba5eaa5/cash-macanaya-WaqUiN17rf0-unsplash.jpg Blog - Digital Immortality: In memory of Gordon Bell - When lifelogging first emerged in the 1980s, pioneers wore large heads-up-displays, computer backpacks and even computerized shoes, capturing photos, data and videos recording their lives. However, lifelogging has now become a way of life. Almost everyone with a digital presence lifelogs, whether consciously or not. With social media posts, fitness tracking software and Apple watches, it is almost impossible not to be a ‘lifelogger’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/59b39b3b-9e7a-46c5-907f-54e64f322e77/total+recall.jpg Blog - Digital Immortality: In memory of Gordon Bell - We discussed whether social media is a form of ‘digital immortality,’ with profiles belonging to the deceased offering some continuation of a bond⁵. Perhaps surprisingly, Bell saw a distinction: the intent of Digital Immortality was apparently for private and personal use, not for the public. While he did not explicitly refer to grief or bereavement, those were the private and personal uses I recall thinking of at the time. Afterwards, I remembered in his book, Total Recall: How the E-memory Revolution will Change Everything⁶, published almost a decade after Digital Immortality, of a potential future need to collectively decide if aspects of one’s life should be made available to the public. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/wild-swimming-and-grief monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/470bb5db-46aa-4f3c-be51-e0f862e3c94a/pexels-maksgelatin-4352243.jpg Blog - Wild swimming and grief - What is wild swimming? To put it simply, wild swimming is swimming in a body of open water. That could be in a river, pond, lake, reservoir or the sea. People swim for all sorts of reasons; exercise, connection to nature, community or a personal challenge. The activity saw a boom during the pandemic; with daily permitted exercise allowing swimmers to get outside and enjoy nature while almost all other past times had been paused. Wild swimming has continued to soar in popularity since then. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/3722e37b-d263-4573-b739-b4862cc2587d/The%2BTidal%2BYear.jpg Blog - Wild swimming and grief - Wild swimming and grief There are many accounts of how wild swimming has helped people in their grief, most recently, The Tidal Year: A Memoir on Grief, Swimming and Sisterhood, written by Freya Bromley. Four years after her brother died and looking for a distraction, Freya decides to swim every tidal pool in Britain in a year with her friend Miri. It is a journey of self-discovery that offers insight for anyone interested in the solace wild swimming can offer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/077688d7-a74d-4b18-a78f-0b21b3250ab7/the+green+hill.jpg Blog - Wild swimming and grief Another valuable read is The Green Hill by Sophie Pierce, which explores the relationship between wild swimming and grief in a series of letters to her son Felix, who died of epilepsy at the age of 20. It includes beautiful passages of nature writing and examines the connection between nature and grief. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/burial-customs-from-around-the-world monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/302f57ad-5008-48cb-960f-cd843dce4b77/daniele-salutari-NAdinUQTy2c-unsplash.jpg Blog - Burial customs from around the world - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/2ece335b-f2b0-4efd-bcc5-4a2d2b89fbd8/pexels-palumalerba-14386264.jpg Blog - Burial customs from around the world - The elderly people of Sagada use hollowed logs to carve out their own coffins. When they die, family members place them inside their coffins whether they fit or not! Bones can be broken in the process of inserting the deceased. The coffin is then taken to a cave where it is either hung inside or on the face of the cliffs, near the hanging coffins of their ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/d4ab190e-53ac-4a10-a696-31b0b2c3503d/pexels-palumalerba-2516406.jpg Blog - Burial customs from around the world Located in the north, the Tinguian people believe in the supreme god, ‘Kadaklan’. They seat their dead on a chair for display for days or even weeks before laying them to rest. They dress them in their most beautiful clothes, decorating them with jewellery and accessories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/a8668f19-ed67-40d8-aaac-3c34429209cd/pexels-i-skender-askin-318819970-19977014.jpg Blog - Burial customs from around the world This sacred ritual of the Malagasy people involves removing the bones of relatives and ancestors from a family crypt, removing their burial garments and re wrapping them in silk shrouds. There is then a party with music, food and dancing, in which revellers dance with the ancestors’ bones. Before the sun sets, the remains are reinterred in the crypt and left untouched for the next five to seven years. The ritual seeks to ensure that the deceased remains part of the community with the living, enjoying the party together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/0f2f4aa6-919e-4215-bfa1-c4e1d33140fa/pexels-rachel-claire-8112558.jpg Blog - Burial customs from around the world - In Hindu culture, the concept of reincarnation is critical to burial ritual. Achieving ‘moksha’ ends the cycle of death and rebirth, preventing the deceased from returning to earth as an insect or an animal. To avoid this, the dead are cremated and the remains collected to be sprinkled in the Varanasi in the Ganges, the most sacred place on the holiest river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b91aaa21-3165-4e74-9c4b-eedbb4c869be/smart-technology-background-futuristic-glitching-hand-remixed-media.jpg Blog - Burial customs from around the world - To find out about ‘dead ringers’ and the future of burials, click the button below. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/a-good-goodbye monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/0755efad-1e86-4b70-ab4d-869326997436/P1030081.JPG Blog - A Good Goodbye - With the cost of living crisis at a peak, many people are turning to alternative funeral arrangements to keep costs down. We invited Susanna Watson, an independent funeral celebrant with a background in social work, to explain why she offers a low cost alternative to some costly packages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/198321bb-8c8a-4350-8cdf-9f2e5562ead4/001+%287%29.jpg Blog - A Good Goodbye - Make it stand out Image credit: Susanna Watson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/21181cd3-ad07-49d9-8557-48b313bb9e8e/001+%2818%29.jpg Blog - A Good Goodbye - Make it stand out Image credit - Susanna Watson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/66a11fe7-1374-4ca0-b8e5-ed6c1c1af3ea/nasa-yZygONrUBe8-unsplash.jpg Blog - A Good Goodbye - For more information about the history of funeral traditions and the wide variety of funeral options, check out our Future of Funerals blog. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/cemetery-photography monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1707333199479-89M5YF1HQ69IA1XUUCR7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cemetery Photography - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1b3378b4-5f5f-4b9c-90e9-cebeaef5ce57/1+-+Raven+on+a+cross+-+P%C3%A8re+Lachaise+Cemetery+%C2%A9madame_cimetiere_++.jpg Blog - Cemetery Photography - Why Taphophilia? Cemeteries have long been associated with sadness and melancholy, often being overlooked for the treasures they hold. The passion for visiting graves and exploring cemeteries, known as taphophilia, is a fascinating way of rediscovering these places steeped in spirituality and memory. Photography is a means of celebrating the richness of cemeteries, not only exploring the essential role they play in preserving cultures and funeral traditions, but also highlighting their biodiversity, tranquility, and heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b52f03e1-86b9-4039-a1f6-6541000d7d00/5-+Squirrel+-+Highgate+Cemetery+%C2%A9madame_cimetiere_.jpg Blog - Cemetery Photography - Biodiversity captured in images While cemeteries are often seen as ‘dead places,’ many harbour unexpected life, providing a place of quiet refuge for birds, mammals, insects, and plants. By preserving these spaces and allowing nature to play its natural role, we’re contributing to the conservation of nature in urban environments. As an unexpected oasis of biodiversity, they offer photography enthusiasts a vibrant palette of subjects, helping to demonstrate the diversity of life that coexists within these places of reflection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/93e7c755-07f7-4bba-ba48-5b68b30102d4/3+-+P%C3%A8re+Lachaise+Cemetery+%C2%A9madame_cimetiere_.jpg Blog - Cemetery Photography - Highlighting funeral heritage Every monument and every tombstone tells a unique and precious story. Photography can become an important part of preservation, freezing in time the architecturally significant, but often overlooked or forgotten elements, such as sculptural details or poetic inscriptions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/d9a078b0-a303-430d-88c8-2993e4d18a85/2+-+P%C3%A8re+Lachaise+Cemetery+%C2%A9madame_cimetiere_.jpg Blog - Cemetery Photography - Respect is the first and most important rule Taphophiles and amateur photographers have to keep in mind that some cities or countries do not allow photography inside their cemeteries, and in some cases, official permission may be needed. In any case, care should be taken not to capture the names engraved on tombstones to preserve the identity of the deceased. It is integral to my role not to harm the place, the deceased resting there, or their families. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/dr-kate-woodthorpe-future-of-grief monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/94782af8-276d-48b0-86cb-e53739d54d5f/Kate+Woodthorpe+end+2021+photo.jpg Blog - Dr. Kate Woodthorpe on the future of grief - Part of Life spoke to Dr. Kate Woodthorpe, Co-Director of the Centre for Death and Society (CDAS) at Bath University, about how she came to work in death studies and where she believes the future of grief is heading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/ccbfa855-62c5-44f6-89d0-3b3c92ffbc87/nathan-dumlao-5Hl5reICevY-unsplash.jpg Blog - Dr. Kate Woodthorpe on the future of grief - As you could imagine, it was utterly shocking in every way. I remember looking around my circle of friends and observing how differently everyone was reacting. Some were on their knees sobbing, others stunned and silent. It hit me right then, age 17, that there were no guarantees in life and since then I’ve imagined that everyone has an invisible hourglass on their forehand, with grains of sand slipping through. Very few know how much sand is still there, and I guess it was from that moment onwards that I’ve been very attuned to the precariousness of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/e157eaba-cb6e-4b78-a3f9-e060937983d6/panyawat-auitpol-eq254Cqvmk8-unsplash.jpg Blog - Dr. Kate Woodthorpe on the future of grief - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/c6755734-7407-4f3d-97f6-5fca26ddbf09/the-good-funeral-guide-pawEgfvDUqg-unsplash.jpg Blog - Dr. Kate Woodthorpe on the future of grief - The pandemic accelerated demand for direct cremation due to restrictions on funeral attendance, and recent evidence suggests that the number of people opting for a direct cremation post-pandemic are growing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/4a2a4555-1bf7-4e13-a2e8-e5e67b5a2c82/sandy-millar-K1gAR85vcJw-unsplash.jpg Blog - Dr. Kate Woodthorpe on the future of grief - All of these influence people’s outlook and experience of – for example – who cares for whom, and why, what they get in return from others, what they spend their money on, the value of money, who they interact with, how they get around, what they eat and drink, the environments in which they live, the type of work they do, who they regard as family, their style of communication, their engagement with health services and so on. The list is endless. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/get-mortal-parties monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/727232a1-5d02-430b-a6d1-288c4620f450/Dead+Good+1.jpg Blog - ‘Get Mortal’ - Dead Good Parties - We are sisters, Katy and Lindsey Vigurs (Vigurs rhymes with tigers). We are the founding directors of DEAD GOOD, a not-for-profit, arts-based death education company that aims to end taboos around all things death and dying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/5a616d0e-3c6c-46a9-b88b-a60d121f658b/Dead+Good+2.png Blog - ‘Get Mortal’ - Dead Good Parties - We specialise in supporting people to plan eco-friendly funerals, living funerals and home funerals. And outside of our funeral work, people commission us to help them design DIY acts of remembrance, personal grief rituals and creative legacy projects. We also deliver inventive death education to schools, community groups, the third sector and businesses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/2e858da8-20c3-4e16-9c76-5d3974f6a9aa/Dead+Good+3.png Blog - ‘Get Mortal’ - Dead Good Parties - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/dd585786-ebfd-4bbf-bad2-cf8d5da1b04e/Dead+Good+4.jpg Blog - ‘Get Mortal’ - Dead Good Parties - The idea came about when DEAD GOOD met Emma Satchell of Dying to Help back in February 2023. Separately, we’d both been wanting to set up a range of social events that destigmatised death. After one conversation we decided to collaborate and launched our first Get Mortal party in May 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/9c92097d-2621-4813-ac21-a7165689cf9c/Dead+Good+5.jpg Blog - ‘Get Mortal’ - Dead Good Parties - A party setting isn’t for everyone. Some people book private 1-2-1 Get Mortal sessions either in person or via Zoom. Often they are living with a terminal illness and want to talk straightforwardly about their death and to make creative plans for their funerals. These are conversations that people sometimes feel they cannot have openly with their friends and family. However, we find that their ‘getting mortal’ with our planning kits often becomes a constructive conversation starter about their final wishes with their loved ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/7a7d8cb9-2f5a-4ed0-99e6-76a9624e25a7/Dead+Good+6.jpg Blog - ‘Get Mortal’ - Dead Good Parties - Providing a road map or ‘plan A’ for your funeral or memorial ceremony – and ideally talking about your ideas and preferences before you die - can gently support your family and friends with their grief and grieving when the time comes. This is important as unresolved grief can negatively impact our emotional wellbeing and mental health. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/grief-playlist monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/96decbb3-ccf5-42c1-b697-9db1b3ffbd22/headshot+SCL.jpg Blog - My Grief Playlist - As part of National Grief Awareness Week 2023, we invited guest blogger, Amy Jackson to share her Grief Playlist. We’ve also added Amy’s top 5 tracks to our new Part of Life Playlist in our Wellbeing Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/ae1e175d-33ec-41fe-8f82-ad2c2ce3698a/MicrosoftTeams-image+%283%29.png Blog - My Grief Playlist - Any Ed Sheeran fan will tell you of his song writing talents, and Visiting Hours was indeed inspired by his own experience of grief after the death of his close friend. In the months after my dad died, I got promoted at work and I became a godmother. More than anything, all I wanted was to be able to drive over to his house, tell him my good news and put the world to rights. For me, Visiting Hours sums up that feeling perfectly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/c6ddcf44-bf2d-4fcb-88f8-97770c389391/locket.jpeg Blog - My Grief Playlist - Holding on to a few of Dad’s things has really helped my grief. His fleece hangs in my wardrobe, his Spitfire pin sits on my jacket, and one of his model planes rests on my bookcase. However, the most special is the pendant I wear, made from one of his beloved cufflinks that he wore back in the 70s. My sister has the other one, also made into a pendant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1701096231981-V8JWTQ51FP58B6930R40/2.png Blog - My Grief Playlist - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/childhood-grief-awareness-week monthly 0.5 2026-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/f94b2d32-9d75-4958-8dc7-45c2339e5491/2021+Anne+Montague.png Blog - Children need to know - We asked We Hear You Chair of Trustees and Dorothy House Psychological Support Lead, Anne Montague, to provide some useful tips for how to support children through grief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1700129450902-WXC9P2DOOBWVC7OV1909/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Children need to know - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1700129526153-4AM8EOFYCKTJK3JJCFM2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Children need to know - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1700129587422-Y94OPTSX8KUE8GBJ5KUG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Children need to know - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/kicking-the-bucket-festival monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/55d7c1ec-bcf7-420b-9b0a-d7cd68f7714e/Liz.jpg Blog - Kicking the Bucket – A festival of living and dying - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/e4c8cc3b-f825-4905-b138-872995dfde7e/Post+box.jpg Blog - Kicking the Bucket – A festival of living and dying - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/15b7fee1-292f-4bf3-a6f0-31a28e74bc1d/Festival+1.png Blog - Kicking the Bucket – A festival of living and dying - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/31f99e0a-e40c-487a-a533-b412806e40ee/Festival+2.png Blog - Kicking the Bucket – A festival of living and dying - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/future-of-funerals monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/acc198d1-71c9-4f08-8f05-41f1df728e71/the-good-funeral-guide-CtRf_nyLkbk-unsplash.jpg Blog - Funeral traditions – where did they come from and where are they going? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/d9852746-f240-4364-b215-577a5fb74f52/mayron-oliveira-mibn6LLm9kA-unsplash.jpg Blog - Funeral traditions – where did they come from and where are they going? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/9c8f1a63-f4f5-45ae-82a4-6f3fa22dc77d/yevhenii-foshchan-TcS7cxt2V7E-unsplash.jpg Blog - Funeral traditions – where did they come from and where are they going? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/15b6d51f-18ff-4c05-8232-ba455ebd861c/alex-larusso--sWB_-FGt3o-unsplash.jpg Blog - Funeral traditions – where did they come from and where are they going? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/cdd228f5-9c72-4426-b399-4317e7e1672b/joseph-barrientos-oQl0eVYd_n8-unsplash.jpg Blog - Funeral traditions – where did they come from and where are they going? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/593c2732-dba6-4920-b544-83d911232af2/shali-9jK4jeRiVD8-unsplash.jpg Blog - Funeral traditions – where did they come from and where are they going? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/66a11fe7-1374-4ca0-b8e5-ed6c1c1af3ea/nasa-yZygONrUBe8-unsplash.jpg Blog - Funeral traditions – where did they come from and where are they going? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b91aaa21-3165-4e74-9c4b-eedbb4c869be/smart-technology-background-futuristic-glitching-hand-remixed-media.jpg Blog - Funeral traditions – where did they come from and where are they going? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/3ab4df7e-44e3-43ad-9735-63ecd0fcffed/ij-portwine-8d2jmS73Oz8-unsplash.jpg Blog - Funeral traditions – where did they come from and where are they going? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/talking-to-the-dead-a-history-of-spiritualism monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1698248510692-Z35OIGPCHQOW70NZXP56/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Talking to the dead: a history of Spiritualism - When you think of séances and Spiritualism, do spooky Victorians in candlelit scenarios spring to mind? Well, you might be surprised to learn that though founded in 1872, the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain still exists and offers private 30-minute sittings daily at 341 Queenstown Road, Battersea, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1698241819752-B3CPC9MYK5G7O58DVNGY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Talking to the dead: a history of Spiritualism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1698248954326-HYNL8JVJFZY18N84LCTI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Talking to the dead: a history of Spiritualism - There were a number of societal reasons for this explosion in spiritual belief. There was a very high mortality rate during the Victorian period – approximately one in every three children born in 1800 did not make it to their fifth birthday. A large proportion of early believers in Spiritualism were women, and grief over the loss of their children may have been a cause. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1698249255374-Y2RYISX7Y3WQGPX7UF0W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Talking to the dead: a history of Spiritualism - “The physical basis of all psychic belief is that the soul is a complete duplicate of the body, resembling it in the smallest particular, although constructed in some far more tenuous material…At death, however, and under certain conditions in the course of life, the two divide and can be seen separately.” - Arthur Conan Doyle, The Vital Message, 1919 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1698240911970-DZIE4QHZ3F8DDLXCH8VR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Talking to the dead: a history of Spiritualism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1698249447930-UHC7V8GOMTV5M7JOFYTT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Talking to the dead: a history of Spiritualism - Britain was a population dealing with unprecedented loss. People were vulnerable to the comfort offered by Spiritualism, allowing them to believe fathers, sons, and husbands were still with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1698241111020-OH975E8V1K68NUADBNCX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Talking to the dead: a history of Spiritualism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1698241890174-H8GQ1UM4PMFXT8VOYIXK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Talking to the dead: a history of Spiritualism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1698240756888-BACS2GXETAPBHUU0WSJW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Talking to the dead: a history of Spiritualism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/what-will-your-digital-legacy-be monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1697119043241-79TW49MMRFBRA3IE585I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - What will your Digital Legacy be? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/595b8922-ed43-4e51-a9c9-65e8bb145179/James-Norris-headshot-square-2023-boarder-e1688994100248.jpg Blog - What will your Digital Legacy be? - We interviewed James Norris, founder of the Digital Legacy Association, and MyWishes to help answer some of the most important questions about how to curate, protect and preserve our digital legacies. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/a-grandparents-grief monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/a98c714b-c40d-4137-8ee6-a43a796e8801/Peter+1.jpg Blog - A Grandparent’s Grief - Peter Hime has spent many decades as a Divisional CEO within multinational companies and Chairman across multiple industries and not for profits, with his main focus being on management training and ‘problem-solving.’ However, his role as parent and grandparent in supporting his family through devastating child deaths and grief has perhaps been the most challenging. Here, in his personal reflections, he generously shares his experiences and tips for making death a part of life with children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1688591170535-8FNNOI6ZR2X128GY7BK3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Grandparent’s Grief - Why is death such a taboo? “Not knowing exactly what happens after death creates the fear of the unknown, particularly for children. Something unknown, by its very nature, appears frightening. To reinforce the negativity around death, the less you know or talk about this subject, the more unsettling it is for children. Make it stand out “So stupidly, the one single certainty in life, death, is seldom mentioned.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1688591467185-4CYPAAVFVY4MM55F09V0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Grandparent’s Grief - “To coin a phrase, ‘A hug from a grandparent, an expression of love to a child,’ is far more comforting, than trying to explain in depth what has happened. That sadly, you will not see your sibling alive, ever again on earth.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1688591665991-V54J3DJ1FOUOUN578NIU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Grandparent’s Grief - “What was so awful then about those books sent to me, to help with my grief? Absolutely none of them addressed the fundamental changes that I had to deal with: I was alone, my life partner was no longer in my presence; I was not part of a team called, ‘Peter & Rose’. I heard no echo to my thoughts.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/ca0db483-7811-42a7-b82d-87b70b155068/Rosie+1.jpg Blog - A Grandparent’s Grief - “Rose’s death caused a crucial evolution in me as a father and grandfather, as well as a human being. I quickly realised I could have a different kind of fun with my grandchildren. I found this particularly with the girls; ‘What would Rosie have done to celebrate special occasions?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1688591897829-0KZT2CHOVL0BWTD4ZVXC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Grandparent’s Grief - “In the last few weeks when it was clear that cancer had spread its ugly shadow over her whole body we asked her, is there anything mad she’s like us to do? The answer was, ‘Let’s celebrate Christmas!’” It was her favourite time of the family’s year. We took over a large house by the sea, and over a long weekend in June, amongst all my mad children, Christmas was organised. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/landmark-death-literacy-research-to-shape-local-hospice-end-of-life-care monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1684863133090-O2SR0GM1OOHAL5CL66EV/unsplash-image-3y1zF4hIPCg.jpg Blog - Landmark Death Literacy research to shape local hospice end of life care - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1684937464908-JB3C7CM4K1YG2VDMJTXS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Landmark Death Literacy research to shape local hospice end of life care - Why was the research commissioned? As a hospice charity, we are committed to engaging and empowering our local communities to support one another at the end of life, so that no one faces death alone. In order to do this effectively, we need to better understand what assets and differences there are between the 10 neighbourhoods we serve so that we can ensure our care matches the need. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/what-matters-to-you-day monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/bb0117f6-3ebf-4394-8542-1286ad34016a/Eve+Barnes.jpg Blog - What matters to you? - My name is Eve and I am a Junior Doctor working for the BANES, Swindon & Wiltshire NHS Integrated Care Board (BSWICB). I am interested in advance care planning and the compassionate conversations we can have with people. Through this I have been lucky enough to work both on national and local What Matters Most groups and have been part of some amazing work and conversations. A few of which I would like to share with you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/d8ea805b-60f3-4cac-9f47-42f04beaa30d/WMTY+image.png Blog - What matters to you? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/d21719ba-56b8-4a2c-b9b9-6e588781f6f9/Helen+Meehan+photo+2+June+2022.jpg Blog - What matters to you? - “We are encouraging everyone to ask ‘what matters to you? We support many patients who have failing health, a life limiting illness, or poor prognosis. Supporting patients nearing the end of life and supporting their families is one of the most important things that we do, and asking ‘what matters to you’ enables us to truly consider how we provide person and family centred care. Let’s all consider how we can support important conversations asking ‘what matters to you?’ Let’s then listen to what matters to the person and try to support what matters to them.” Helen Meehan, BSW End of Life Care Alliance What Matters to You? Working Group Chair. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/end-of-life-care-and-learning-disabilities monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/9f5cf37e-903f-4dc2-b931-e8a4a2afa264/Lynette+Glass.jpg Blog - End of life care and learning disabilities - By Lynnette Glass BSW LeDeR Local Area Coordinator & Registered Adult Nurse. NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Integrated Care Board (ICB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1678804795574-A5MG94TK1ZMI5VEXEFE8/unsplash-image-FHiJWoBodrs.jpg Blog - End of life care and learning disabilities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1678874623739-VRCG34C19UV0JPLU1PLS/unsplash-image-_9ETHblkvXQ.jpg Blog - End of life care and learning disabilities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/the-power-of-nature-at-end-of-life monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1677505530906-K66KTOD1BL1NGREKZ4SD/unsplash-image-jFCViYFYcus.jpg Blog - The power of nature at end of life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/46a8d766-e61a-4545-9b1c-8605f63b5159/Kate+Bond+Headshot.jpg Blog - The power of nature at end of life - We interviewed biophillic designer, Kate Bond, about the role her art is playing in shaping medical architecture and patient wellbeing. You can watch her interview, by clicking the button below. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/planningfortheendoflife monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1676313479057-Y2YD7ASL4YNZSK09X1WU/unsplash-image-ygCOdo61k3E.jpg Blog - Thinking ahead to the end of life… - Thinking about the end of life can be difficult and we tend to put it off until we have to. But it’s never too soon to put your affairs in order so that you are prepared for any eventuality. 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She is passionate about the provision of psychological support for people affected by life threatening illness and in palliative care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1673346846810-QSX0RK3VI7GGYXZ1H5YR/unsplash-image-ECt01A5HZtw.jpg Blog - Supporting teens through bereavement - Young people may feel the need (or pressure from others) to step up at home and take more responsibility, or become more child-like in their behaviour They may seem fine, but bottle up their feelings to protect the people around them, or because those feelings are too big to handle They may become withdrawn at school or with friends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1673347016660-YLNE9T4CLZW7LZWLW4R9/unsplash-image-u7dy-n4uZVk.jpg Blog - Supporting teens through bereavement - Talking to teenagers who have experienced the death of a parent or significant person, the overwhelming message is that most people just don’t get it, whether it’s family, friends or teachers. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/sir-al-aynsley-green monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1ecacb69-74f5-40db-895b-112ae2ae21e1/headshot.jpg Blog - In conversation with Sir Al - Part of Life was delighted to have the opportunity to sit down with Sir Al Aynsley Green - first Children’s Commissioner for England. From losing his father aged ten, to his time as England’s first Children’s Commissioner, the plight of hidden mourners and the role religions could play in destigmatising death - Sir Al Aynsley Green makes a passionate plea for change. https://www.partoflife.org/blog/more-than-ever-a-film-review monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1668012088638-IVLYOG358Q58JX811H62/more-than-ever+%281%29.jpg Blog - More Than Ever - a film review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/7256fa8f-d397-4e55-bc61-b9d519bcd8d5/more-than-everMathieu.jpg Blog - More Than Ever - a film review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/44a83293-c1ae-4f2d-b319-5ee7d06987d9/Helene.jpg Blog - More Than Ever - a film review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/d5254f34-228a-4e84-b1d2-e1fff9e3de6b/more-than-ever.jpg Blog - More Than Ever - a film review - The final scene is a masterpiece of the power of silence to convey emotion. To avoid any spoilers, we suggest you discover for yourselves the resolution to More Than Ever which premieres on the 1st December. Too impatient? 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The Law Society, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/2bc9adaa-0481-438b-b6b0-d2798a1b03b9/DSC_1216.JPG Blog - Digital legacies - responsible innovation? - Make it stand out University of Bath Cyber Crime PHD students, Emily, Luciano, Jacob, Jess, Tobi, Becca, Hannah and Khadiza with James Byron, Head of Marketing & Engagement, Dorothy House Hospice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/65179d85-f0b3-4908-a111-54b123df6fe8/RI+Presentation+slide+1.png Blog - Digital legacies - responsible innovation? - “This isn’t just a farfetched future; it’s happened in the past, and it’s happening now. We created this timeline to show just a few notable examples of existing Legacy Bots and services. Of note, you can actually download an app to chat to the chatbot that Eugenia created of her deceased friend, and you can create your own AI to share your life story using Here After AI. “In the future, it doesn’t seem farfetched that you won’t even have to use specialist services to create a Legacy Bot…” Becca, Jess, Luciano & Tobi - University of Bath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/03d1b90d-8002-4256-9deb-0ced42f95c92/Bruce+Willis.jfif Blog - Digital legacies - responsible innovation? - After stepping away from acting due to an aphasia diagnosis, in September 2022, Die Hard actor Bruce Willis allowed a digital twin of his image to be created for use in a Russian phone advert. US firm Deepcake transplanted Willis’s digital image onto another actor, but controversy centered over whether or not Bruce Willis had signed over the rights to his identity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1665763261217-O3AEIBL6PO3W0ARLW1B1/unsplash-image-Eel1a_KRHNg.jpg Blog - Digital legacies - responsible innovation? - “A particularly pressing concern is to think about the motivation that companies have for providing chatbots: financial gain. Where profit, and not grief work, drives the creation of chatbots, we should be troubled by the idea that the more we engage with bots the more profit they are likely to drive. When these motivations seep into the design, the role that chatbots of the dead play in grief shifts, for such companies likely aim to oil the very path to replacement that we currently think shows resistance and the urgency of such concerns likely quickens.” Journal of Consciousness Studies, “Understanding Grief: Feeling, Intentionality, Regulation, and Interpretation” https://www.partoflife.org/blog/death-is-a-dirty-word monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1665412199417-QYB8FQDDFZQPI843VCRR/unsplash-image-XIVDN9cxOVc.jpg Blog - Death is a dirty word Bright natural dining room nook with vases plates and fruits on the table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1665499048664-34IFC5UTC0ED5VUQU4MA/unsplash-image-4MDXq_aqHY4.jpg Blog - Death is a dirty word - “Only 1 in 5 people know how to navigate the health system when someone is dying or trying to access aged care.” Death Literacy Institute 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Why should staff caring for dying adults ask what the death means for children in the family? 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As part of their brief, one group focused its attention on Dorothy House’s ambitions for a future-proofed digital will or legacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1665767458706-OJ9YNJTWB4SXRIX70Q49/unsplash-image-KQfxVDHGCUg.jpg Research - Digital Legacy - Co mmuning with the dead online: chatbots, grief, and continuing bonds Joel Krueger (University of Exeter) Lucy Osler (Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen). As our technologies evolve, so does how we grieve. In this paper, the researchers consider the role chatbots might play in our grieving practices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1666083871949-FKMN7157BGCZ414JCHQI/unsplash-image-2EJCSULRwC8.jpg Research - Digital Legacy - Digital Immortality on an App: The Ethics of Legacy Chatbots Colin Frick & Scott R. Stroud, Ph.D. - Media Ethics Initiative Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin. 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The intention of the film is to remove the taboo from talking about death and dying and open up conversations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1667919405193-3SNSERKELU7BCF3H6T83/unsplash-image-BXOXnQ26B7o.jpg Research - Why should we talk about death? - Dying Well-Informed: The Need for Better Clinical Education Surrounding Facilitating End-of-Life Conversations Ryan Sutherland “Early and honest conversations with patients concerning diagnoses and advance directives help patients and their families make well-informed decisions regarding future medical care, minimize pain and fears, and allow patients to experience a “peaceful death’”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1667919758773-HSE6ME86NTBGKIYZ1TNB/unsplash-image-z4yvXrepGr4.jpg Research - Why should we talk about death? - In search of a good death: observations of patients, families, and providers K E Steinhauser 1, E C Clipp, M McNeilly, N A Christakis, L M McIntyre, J A Tulsky The purpose of this study was to gather descriptions of the components of a good death from patients, families, and providers through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1671463439968-L8HDB9ZI1TUF0DJKDF3X/unsplash-image-F9DFuJoS9EU.jpg Research - Why should we talk about death? 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In our latest blog, James Byron, Director of Marketing & Engagement at Dorothy House Hospice Care asks Bruce about his motivation in creating art, his methods, the therapeutic quality of art, and its relationship with death and human connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/4a88ee56-b557-4592-bee4-9190be0d35a8/ULU.IlluminatedLandscape.Low-72dpi-82-1024x689.jpg Conversations - Interview with Bruce Munro - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/a93aa868-4357-4890-be95-1b0fd536efbb/20210909_194903-1024x768.jpg Conversations - Interview with Bruce Munro - Bruce recently became Art Ambassador for Dorothy House Hospice Care. His relationship with Dorothy House began in 2021 with his donation of the Firefly light installation to the Hospice’s Winsley estate grounds. This relationship grew in 2023 with a doubling in size of the Firefly woods. Each light represents the life and soul of a loved one – a light that will keep on shining. Watching the glistening Fireflies dancing in the night sky offers a connection to those who are no longer here – and to one another. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/interview-with-justin-webb monthly 0.5 2025-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/40eea409-a8ab-415d-a8cc-3e5eb87a0134/Justin+Webb+smiling+%281%29.png Conversations - Interview with Justin Webb - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/behind-the-scenes-of-a-funeral-home monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1725975601762-7HSOHOLJL59FHUQSUZ4U/Photo+1+%28002%29.png Conversations - Behind the scenes of a funeral home - Make it stand out Catherine Millar & Jane Diamond - Family Tree Funerals https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/interview-with-hospicenursejulie monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1718805174080-EI210UR76EE0U74C0K08/headshot.png Conversations - Interview with @hospicenursejulie - Ahead of the launch of her first book, Nothing to Fear, Part of Life caught up with TikTok sensation, Julie McFadden. Despite the distance between California and the UK and the disparity in end of life care models, our mission to destigmatise death and dying is united. From what death looks like, how the Medicare model of hospice works, hydration at end of life, the Oregon model of assisted dying and how talking about death can help to reduce societal anxiety, this interview is a must watch. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/the-life-of-dr-rachel-clarke monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/67ea462b-7319-455f-9c7c-4e1283ab75d3/dr+rachel+clarke.jpg Conversations - The life of Dr Rachel Clarke - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/interview-with-james-norris monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/595b8922-ed43-4e51-a9c9-65e8bb145179/James-Norris-headshot-square-2023-boarder-e1688994100248.jpg Conversations - Interview with James Norris - We all have a digital footprint. Be it on social media, via music downloads, gaming avatars, voicemails, photos or email. But what happens to all of these digital touchpoints when someone dies? https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/interview-with-dr-hilda-hayo monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/a451bae3-a9e4-47f0-82e0-9f71484b10af/RS885_2022_03_15_DementiaUK_Hilda_3503_print-1-1024x576.jpg Conversations - Interview with Dr Hilda Hayo - On the 10th anniversary of her tenure as CEO of Dementia UK and on World Alzheimer’s Day, we sat down with Dr Hilda Hayo to raise awareness about Dementia, challenge the stigma that so often accompanies a diagnosis and dig down into the tragic pathways to and from an Early-Onset Dementia diagnosis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1686492345125-2PMA2N9SB8XN49OXXWGN/President%2Bof%2BBMA.jpg Conversations - Interview with Dr Hilda Hayo - To read more about Dementia care and the role of compassion, watch Sir Al Aynsley Green’s moving interview here. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/interview-with-dr-bernie-marden monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/783f14a8-90bb-462a-8aed-2581d2e4a3d0/Bernie-Marden-Chief-Medical-Officer-2-308x308.jpg Conversations - Interview with Dr Bernie Marden - As Chief Medical Officer, NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board (ICB), Dr Bernie Marden shares his personal and professional views on how death is, and should be accepted as a part of life. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/advanced-care-planning-in-primary-care monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1686756533263-2WZ5ESF72YSCBKJPX182/Luciani+headshot.jpeg Conversations - Interview with Dr Mark Luciani - Having earlier conversations about end of life wishes can minimise crisis-led care and improve quality of life, says Dr Mark Luciani. Clinical Lead for Ageing Well, Frailty, Dementia & End-of-Life and Paediatric Palliative Care, (NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board). https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/sir-al-on-compassionate-care-and-dementia monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/0dbc7f5b-3dd9-4116-94af-d0df8499f3c0/on+holiday+before+dementia+-+minorca.jpg Conversations - Compassion and dementia - As career medics, Rosemary’s diagnosis with dementia was a bitter pill to swallow for both Sir Al and his soulmate of 57 years. In this second interview, ex-President of the BMA, Sir Al Aynsley Green, generously shares his experiences as husband, medic and full time carer. He describes a tumultous journey through Covid, surgical and primary care until the couple finally found a safe harbour for compassionate end of life care. His urgent call for compassion to shape advanced care planning is a vital and compelling watch. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/interview-with-su-squire monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/088fbd19-7669-48f2-b785-7578e27bc022/22_303+OTTT+TEOTRS-099.jpg Conversations - Interview with Su Squire - Bringing death to a theatre near you. Su Squire is a storyteller, writer, performer and facilitator who creates theatrical pieces that sensitively challenge what it is to be mortal. The Off the Twig theatre company produces works to inspire conversation and heartfelt community connection around themes of death and grief with the aim of making the most of life. Mixing first person stories gathered from honest one to one conversations with audience participation and visual funeral preparations, isn’t your average advertising hook, yet Su’s work is enthralling audiences across the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/cbe6d72c-690d-48f2-9a1a-55fa83422d0e/22_303+OTTT+TEOTRS-025.jpg Conversations - Interview with Su Squire - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/9783010f-556b-4d7f-b0d4-774ce8940897/Tree+of+life+and+death.jpg Conversations - Interview with Su Squire - To listen to the End of the Road Show’s first person stories, click the button below to visit Off the Twigs’s Tree of Life & Death. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/interview-with-kate-bond monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/46a8d766-e61a-4545-9b1c-8605f63b5159/Kate+Bond+Headshot.jpg Conversations - Interview with Kate Bond - Kate Bond, award-winning biophilic designer and artist has been commissioned to introduce nature into some of the most beautiful hospice and hospital spaces in England and Wales, including the soon to open Dyson Cancer Unit in Bath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/edeb4770-13eb-4b52-8119-2adfdf7a132e/Y+Bwthyn+Kate+Bond+3.jpg Conversations - Interview with Kate Bond - Make it stand out Y Bwthyn NGS Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Unit. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/interview-with-kathryn-mannix monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b2b16b01-2880-4368-b2dc-535ae0b32473/SHOT03-253-scaled.jpg Conversations - Interview with Kathryn Mannix - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/594a4556-a2db-42a5-9054-ea873cac760c/wayne.jpg Conversations - Interview with Kathryn Mannix - Wayne de Leeuw, ex-palliative care nurse and CEO of Dorothy House Hospice, interviews writer, speaker and palliative care specialist, Kathryn Mannix. Watch the interview below. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/teen-bereavement monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1673888742919-9TXVAURGKTRBV49UN07M/Jess+Sheridan+headshot.jpg Conversations - Interview with Jess Sheridan - 19 year-old Jess’s Mum died in May 2021. In this honest and disarming interview Jess shares her experience of death, grief and bereavement and its catastrophic impact on her academic career and personal life. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/interview-with-vicky-krieps monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/b59349f7-7053-4355-ba40-0c4d8742abeb/vicky-krieps-1.jpg Conversations - Interview with Vicky Krieps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/interview-with-sir-al-aynsley-green monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1ecacb69-74f5-40db-895b-112ae2ae21e1/headshot.jpg Conversations - Interview with Sir Al Aynsley-Green - Part of Life was privileged to sit down for an interview with first Children’s Commissioner for England, ex-President of the British Medical Association (BMA) and first Director of Clinical Research and Development at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/561de954-b6b0-4136-a451-9a17e6d2b17e/Meeting+young+people+as+President+of+BMA+2015.jpg Conversations - Interview with Sir Al Aynsley-Green - Mosaic Bereavement Care Contact (formerly Contact–a–Family) Action for Sick Children Association for Young People’s Health Childhood Bereavement Network https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/blog-post-title-four-e2ysg monthly 0.5 2022-11-29 https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/beth-nielsen-chapman-interview monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/2e14c9eb-cdab-4b7a-8b31-539ea75f4755/CJ9A9029-4.jpg Conversations - Interview with Beth Nielsen Chapman Part of Life was delighted to catch an inspiring hour with singer, songwriter and Nashville great, Beth Nielsen Chapman, on the Frome leg of her epic UK tour. https://www.partoflife.org/conversations/digital-legacy-resources monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633598c6c58c3d6431427791/1665738557943-8QGZ2CLHJQFMJMFWMGTQ/Digital+will.png Conversations - Digital Legacy - Digital Legacies - Responsible Innovation? 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