The beauty of cast-iron in Alabama’s grave covers
USA – In Alabama cemeteries, cast-iron was used to make grave covers to prevent erosion and also for headstones,
USA – In Alabama cemeteries, cast-iron was used to make grave covers to prevent erosion and also for headstones,
UK – From 18th century religious battles over the revival of cremation to colouring tattoo ink with ashes, Thomas Laqueur on
IRELAND – I encountered a young Irishwoman not long ago, who talked to me about having spent some time working in
There are many funeral halls in South Korea, but there were none in my hometown in North Korea – we usually
Sufjan Stevens’s Carrie & Lowell is a meditation on the death of his mother. Danny Wright explains why the album
USA – Failure to get a diploma is linked to a surprisingly large percentage of premature deaths.
UK – Six towns have outlawed dying since 1999, with penalties ranging from fines to increased taxes – and they’re far from the
Two years after reports suggesting his imminent death, Clive James still has plenty of life left in him. Ahead of a new collection of poetry next month, the polymath and former Observer TV critic discusses the poems written to his wife, his place in history and ‘dying by inches’
IRELAND – Ireland supposedly ‘does death well’. But a new survey suggests that it’s a modern taboo – and that end-of-life care in
UK – How would you like to die, linguistically? When the lexicographers were compiling their citations for the Oxford English Dictionary, they came across this remarkable one, in a US graveyard: Caroline, wife of EJ Langston, born on March 23 1833. Passed out Dec 18 1867.