I always like when families request a poem to be read at a funeral. A poem can sum up a person or an emotion in just a few words. Sometimes, as in Lonely Funerals, where the person we are honouring
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
First Lonely Funeral, May 2023
I have been interested for a while in Lonely Funerals – these are funerals where the deceased has become so isolated in life that there is no-one, no friends, family or colleagues, present at that final moment. An initiative, first