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 Daisy Sanderson | May 28, 2026 | Living Proof, Top Story
Silicone memorials are giving grieving families a way to keep a familiar face in the room. Inside an old factory-warehouse near Dum Dum Junction, heads wait for hair, hands wait for colour, and unfinished faces stare out from benches and shelves. Some will become...
by Daisy Sanderson | May 26, 2026 | Mind & Mortality
Dead Curious spoke to thanatologist Cole Imperi about shadowloss, grief language and why death belongs in everyday community life. Q: You have said before that death touches everything, finances, relationships, identity. Do you think people underestimate how much of...
by Daisy Sanderson | May 20, 2026 | Dissect
What if the dead could answer back? AI deathbots promise comfort to the bereaved, but researchers warn the technology may flatten identity and blur memory. When Dr Jenny Kidd made a deathbot of herself, she did not meet a digital ghost. What came back was more...
by Daisy Sanderson | May 20, 2026 | Dissect
A different kind of goodbye From an industrial estate in Sheffield, a huge white balloon rises into the sky carrying a sealed vessel, two cameras and someone’s ashes. There is no chapel. No procession. No fixed place to visit afterwards. Just a slow ascent through...
