by Emily Walker | Jun 4, 2026 | Living Proof
The act of scattering ashes has been a long-time tradition, acting as a way to ensure their loved ones are in a meaningful resting place. But what about those who want their loved ones close to them, in a form that’s eternally near to their heart? Past wishes or...
by Elke Spiers | Jun 3, 2026 | Living Proof
We are told we are ‘born alone, and die alone’ – a phrase meant to universalise isolation in death, and has been a philosophical concept for decades. But for twins, this idea just isn’t true. We are born together, spend formative years together. So...
by Abby Thompson | Jun 3, 2026 | Living Proof
Hear from Victor M. Sweeney after our live Q&A to learn about his lived experience preparing the bodies of those who have passed, and how he crafts meaningful moments to remember them. Our writers Daisy Sanderson and Robyn Smith spoke to mortician Victor M....
by Robyn Smith | Jun 2, 2026 | Living Proof
Robert Smith is a classic family man. Home-owner, with a loving wife and daughter. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happened. Until 12th September, 2015, when his whole life changed. It started off like any other day. “My daughter and Lynn, my wife, were going to the...
by Daisy Sanderson | Jun 2, 2026 | Living Proof
Young creatives, grieving families and HIV activists gather over cappuccinos. Born from AIDS-era loss, these cafés have transformed spaces of grief into sites of connection. Cemetery cafés are tucked into some of the Berlin’s quietest green corners, where coffee...
by Daisy Sanderson | Jun 1, 2026 | Living Proof, Top Story
At workshops in Accra, families commission coffins shaped as fish, planes, cars and lions, each one built to carry the body and the story of the person inside. At Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop in Labadi, on the edge of Ghana’s capital, death doesn’t come as...
