Why We Grieve People We Never Met

When news broke of Dolly Parton’s death, I found myself more affected than I expected to be for someone I’d never met. Grief rippling out to people who never shook her hand. That had me looking into the research – and once I started, I realised it’s surprisingly normal.

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The Perfect Poem? (part 1)

The right words at the right time in the right place. The challenge of funeral and memorial poems. Where do you start in the search for those well-written perfect words

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