Last week I met Stewart Abercrombie who was the musician at a funeral I was conducting at Brewsterwells Crematorium, near St Andrews. I’d never worked with Stewart, so I thought I’d have a chat … the chat grew into a
Demystifying Death Week – A Place for Keening Today?
As part of the Good Life Good Death Good Grief death literacy initiative, I attended an evening talk on the tradition of keening. This workshop was organized by my friends and colleagues in Pushing up the Daisies, and was led
Meeting Liam Eaton, Piper
Just a few weeks ago I conducted an interment of ashes ceremony at Dundee Crematorium. The family had requested a piper and we contacted Liam Eaton who often plays at funerals in Dundee. His playing was a very atmospheric addition