by Sandy | Mar 27, 2020 | Memorials
During the second evening of complete lockdown in my apartment in Dorchester, Dorset, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, I chose to watch a documentary on Amazon Prime called Influenza of 1918. I had heard of a term in literature ‘the grippe’ which is an old fashioned word...
by Sandy | Feb 24, 2020 | Death
When I was studying, I read excerpts of a book by Ernest Becker called The Denial of Death. The book, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1974, focuses on how humans develop strategies to ignore any awareness of their mortality and vulnerability so that they can keep up a...
by Sandy | Feb 18, 2020 | Death
The question ‘who is your next of kin’ came up for me recently when a family member was in hospital. When you are in a hospital in the emergency department or admitted to a ward this question is always asked, so that they have contact details of a close...
by Sandy | Sep 7, 2018 | Death
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry My rating: 5 of 5 stars A very absorbing and moving book. I was keen to read it as I am a student studying death religion and culture, and thought that this book would cover all...
by Sandy | Mar 7, 2017 | Death
The Herald of Free Enterprise ferry capsized on the 6th March 1987 whilst on a voyage between Zebrugge in Belgium and Dover England. 193 people died in the tragedy which was caused by the crew not closing the bow doors correctly. This catastophinc accident happend 30...
