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Michael Hannah | Celebrant

Month: June 2024

Using the staged funeral to inform

Recently I helped lead a project for SICA to stage two funerals for educational purposes. This involved us in conducting ceremonies for imagined people at Brewsterwells Crematorium near St Andrews. I’m now starting to use the footage to help families

Michael Hannah June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 Ceremony, Death Education, Venues 1 Comment Read more

Dundee Crematorium – closing for refurbishments

Dundee Crematorium will close for services at the beginning of July. Cremations will still take place there, it’s just that funeral services won’t happen in the chapel. Instead, they have arranged for services to take place at the Landmark Hotel.

Michael Hannah June 22, 2024June 22, 2024 Venues 1 Comment Read more

Exit stage left…..directing funeral literacy in Fife

I am delighted to see that the University of Glasgow End of Life Studies blog has published my post. I wrote it in collaboration with my friend and celebrant colleague Stella McCulloch (seen above to the right of me, after

Michael Hannah June 17, 2024September 9, 2026 Death Education, Funeral planning No Comments Read more

Posting for Pride – Transgender Naming Ceremonies

At a recent SICA event, a CPD session on creative writing, I had a chat about naming ceremonies with Elaine Cormack, one of my celebrant colleagues. Of course typically, we tend to think of baby namings in a celebrant context.

Michael Hannah June 13, 2024June 13, 2024 Ceremony No Comments Read more

DeathWrites Public Symposium, Glasgow

On Friday I went through to Glasgow to attend the DeathWrites Public Symposium in Adelaide Place. The DeathWrites network supports 30 Scotland-based writers from across disciplines and genres to write and publish powerful, accessible work. It’s supported by the University

Michael Hannah June 9, 2024June 9, 2024 Lonely Funerals, MSc No Comments Read more

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