LIVING PROOFThe personal side of mortality. Lives shaped by loss, death and what comes after.
How families are remembering loved ones after cremation
For generations, scattering ashes has offered families a meaningful farewell. Today, artists and memorial makers are giving people another choice.
Divided Self: Identity reconstruction after twin death
Loss and grief is a difficult experience that everyone has to go through, heightened in its severity for those who have lost a twin. Elke Spiers speaks to the Lone twin network about how this grief manifests.
Q&A with mortician Victor M. Sweeney
If you missed our live Q&A with Victor M. Sweeney, read to learn about his lived experience preparing the bodies of those who have passed and more.
A bleed on the brain: the gruelling recovery after a brain haemorrhage
After being rushed to hospital with a brain haemorrhage, Robert truly thought his time had come. But this incident taught him to truly appreciate life and those around him
The Berlin cemetery cafés bringing coffee to the graveside
In Berlin’s cemetery cafés, coffee is served within sight of the graves, offering a place to sit with grief rather than hurry past it.
The coffins in Ghana made to tell the story of a life
In Ghana, the dead can be buried in fish, planes, trainers and sewing machines, each coffin shaped around a life.
Ending on a good note: how Music-Thanatologists ease the transition of deathÂ
The passage from life to death is the most defining and terrifying journey of our lives. Music-thanatoloy eases the mind, body and soul before we go.
Funeral traditions around the world explained
From keeping the dead in the home for months on end to scattering ashes in holy rivers, here are twelve global death traditions that have stood the test of time.Â
New podcast episode! Interview with Lucy Easthope
An interview with Lucy Easthope. Available now on Spotify. Dead Curious presents Digging Deeper.
Materials: the trinkets we treasure that keep our loved ones alive
Three people share the memories and meanings behind trinkets and belongings that their loved ones left behind when they passed away.
‘Almost human’ life-size replicas helping families grieve in India
Silicone memorials are giving grieving families a way to keep a familiar face in the room.