Death Cafe profile for Jon Underwood
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With Jon Underwood, founder of Death Cafe
May 26, 2017, 6.30 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. (BST)
Free, tickets required with some available on the evening
Join Jon Underwood for 2 Death Cafes in one of London’s most striking buildings.
These Death Cafes form part of the Uniqlo Tate Late series, offering a mix of ...
This is a BBC 1 World Service radio documentary on Death Cafe.
Many thanks for all involved in the making of this, with special thanks to Chelsea Dickinson.
"Dying to Talk
The Documentary
There's only one thing in life that's certain: death.
Many people believe that talking about ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0506ttc:
With Eliz, Sue and Paul
April 2, 2017, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Uk)
All it costs is whatever you choose to eat or drink.
We have no agenda beyond offering a chance to explore the one subject none of us can avoid.
We do not promote particular views or belief. We are non- commercial ...
Video: “I help people to live until that very last moment” (5 min)
Posted by Jon Underwood on Feb. 28, 2017, 2:36 p.m. 2 comments
With Jon Underwood
Feb. 18, 2017, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (GMT)
Free
This Death Cafe is part of The Sick of the Fringe festival, ‘a celebration of the body – it’s problems and potential’.
The Death Cafe is presented by In Company ...
Practitioners question: Your help needed with BBC World Service documentary on Death Cafes
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 22, 2016, 3:29 p.m. 1 comment
Hi,
Please see the message below.
Thanks,
Jon
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Liverpool
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 21, 2016, 10:52 a.m.
It was a wonderful experience facilitating a Death Cafe at The Brink in Liverpool. This was for DaDa Fest a festival focused on Deaf and Disability Arts.
With Jon Underwood
Oct. 12, 2016, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (GMT)
Donations requested offset costs of running Life Death Whatever
This Death Cafe forms part of Life Death Whatever, a months long eclectic lineup of events, installations and workshops encouraging creative reflection on life, death and everything in-between. Life Death ...
Practitioners question: Issue with sending emails to Microsoft addresses
Posted by Jon Underwood on Aug. 10, 2016, 2:19 a.m.
Hi,
Just to let you know, the Death Café website is currently having a problem with sending mail to Microsoft email addresses, e.g. hotmail.com addresses or outlook.com or live.com (or a couple of others).
All mail to these addresses is currently not getting through to the ...
New Blog post: Death Cafe London final update
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 21, 2015, 1:07 p.m.
Dear Death Cafe London Supporter,
As you may know, our share offer closed on Saturday and I wanted to update you as to where we stand.
In total we raised £39,574 from 182 investors, amounting to the sale of 791 shares. Though substantial this is only 15% of our estimated cost of opening. As we didn't reach our target none of the money committed has been taken.
Despite not reaching our target the ...
New Blog post: Archive of Death Cafe London Crowdfunder page
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 19, 2015, 2:32 p.m. 1 comment
“Death cafes have already had a tremendous impact, which is why we are very excited about plans to open a Death Cafe in London.”
Claire Henry, Chief Executive of the National Council for Palliative Care and the Dying Matters Coalition
“There should be spaces like this in every major city. I can't wait to visit when you open.”
Caitlin Doughty, founder of the Order of the Good Death
“I cannot imagine a more timely ...
Press: Creating a place to talk about death: Death Cafe London
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 21, 2015, 10:30 p.m.
"Lizzy Miles and Jon Underwood reflect on the growth of the Death Cafe movement over the past four years and the current crowdfunding share offer to establish a physical café space in London, known as Death Cafe London."
http://www.pallimed.org/2015/11/creating-place-to-talk-about-death.html
New Blog post: Death Cafe London - mid point update
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 19, 2015, 6:44 p.m.
Today is the half way period in our community share offer to open a ‘real’ Death Cafe in London. So far 140 investors have bought 670 shares at £50 each, raising over £33,500.
This is amazing and we’re sincerely grateful to everyone who has invested or supported the project. But, as our business plan sets out, we would realistically need 10 times this to proceed. Even with a further 30 days to run ...
Press: Talking to the Man Trying to Open a Permanent Death Café in London
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 15, 2015, 9:47 p.m.
Thanks to Kelsey Osgood for writing this great piece
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/talking-to-the-man-trying-to-open-a-permanent-death-caf-in-london-229
Press: A crowdfunding investment idea to die for
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 15, 2015, 9:36 p.m.
Published in The Times on Tuesday November 3rd
The Times: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/workinglife/article4602743.ece
New Blog post: First campaign update 2 weeks in
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 2, 2015, 6:28 p.m. 1 comment
Dear everyone,
Heartfelt thanks to all who have offered support during this first 2 weeks of this campaign to open a Death Cafe in London. We are really pleased with the positive feedback our proposal has received. It has certainly got people thinking!
There has been a significant amount of engagement with Death Cafe London so far. This includes the press coverage listed below, with more due over the next weeks. The articles are getting ...
Press: Tea, Cake And Sympathy: Campaign For Death Cafe
Posted by Jon Underwood on Oct. 18, 2015, 7:02 p.m.
Press: Death Café: coffee shop where you can discuss mortality over a latte to open in London
Posted by Jon Underwood on Sept. 28, 2015, 2:26 p.m.
This article has a poll asking "Would you visit a Death Cafe?" At the time of writing, out of over 200 votest 80% (161) have said "Yes, I think it would be enlightening" against 20% who have said "No life's depressing enough".
The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/news/a-cafe-where-you-can-discuss-death-over-a-cuppa/
Press: Death Cafe set to open in London to ‘help people engage with dying’
Posted by Jon Underwood on Sept. 28, 2015, 2:20 p.m.
Press: Death Café London: A coffee shop where people can chat about dying is set for the capital
Posted by Jon Underwood on Sept. 28, 2015, 2:19 p.m. 1 comment
Photo credit: Peta Murray
London Evening Standard: http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/death-caf-london-a-coffee-shop-where-people-can-chat-about-dying-is-set-for-the-capital-a2953906.html
New Blog post: A ‘Real’ Death Cafe in London? Five ways you can help bring it to life
Posted by Jon Underwood on Sept. 25, 2015, 5:12 p.m. 4 comments
You heard it here first. Plans are now underway to set up a real Death Café in central London - an inclusive café and events venue for people to explore all matters related to death and dying. You can read more about it here.
Our campaign has already got people talking; yesterday it was featured in the Independent and London Evening Standard and there’s more to come.
At this stage the real Death Café is ...
With Jon Underwood
Oct. 3, 2015, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (BST)
Free. Donations to Jamyang Buddhist Centre accepted. Free tea and lovely food and drink available for purchase.
The Death Cafe will take place in the Courthouse Garden Cafe, which is provided by Jamyang Buddhist Centre.
The event will be free with food and drink available for purchase ...
New Blog post: Death Cafe London - share offer to go live in October 2015
Posted by Jon Underwood on June 24, 2015, 11:23 a.m. 9 comments
Tl;dr: The project, to open a 'real' Death Cafe in London, is going great! To raise funds we’ll be offering community shares from October 2015. Please support us with encouragement and pledges or contact us to get involved.
There is good progress to report with the plan to open a ‘real’ Death Cafe in London :)
If you have not heard about this before, we’re working to open a coffee and events venue ...
New Blog post: Yay for Caitlin Doughty
Posted by Jon Underwood on May 5, 2015, 1:53 p.m.
Caitlin Doughty is undoubtedly great. To have achieved what Caitlin has around death and dying in the context of our extremely death-phobic world is incredible. Who knows what Caitlin will go on to do. It will be a treat to find out.
Please feel free to post comments of support for Caitlin or celebrations of her achievements.
New Blog post: Death Cafe London – Latest developments / Inclusion policy
Posted by Jon Underwood on April 15, 2015, 4:22 p.m. 4 comments
Introduction
Hi,
At the start of 2015 we had a poll about whether to try to set up a 'real' Death Cafe in London. This would be a coffee and events venue established specifically to facilitate engagement with death. In the end 126 people (91%) voted 'Yes we should try to set this up' and 13 people voted 'No we shouldn't.'
Buoyed by this I have been busy taking Death Cafe London forward. It ...
Practitioners question: Filming at Death Cafes
Posted by Jon Underwood on Feb. 19, 2015, 11:03 p.m. 4 comments
Hi,
I've been asked a lot lately about whether it is ok to film or interview people at a Death Cafes. Our guide is not very clear about this so I wanted to say a bit more.
In the right conditions it is possible to:
- Film or audio record ...
New Blog post: Death Cafe London – we're moving forward
Posted by Jon Underwood on Feb. 2, 2015, 2:54 p.m. 2 comments
Our vote on whether to try to set up a 'real' Death Cafe in London has now closed. In total we had 139 votes. Of these:
- 126 (91%) voted 'Yes we should try to set up a real Death Cafe in London'
- 13 (9%) voted 'No we shouldn't try to set up a real Death Cafe in London'
When voting started I really didn't know which way it would go at all. But ...
New Blog post: Vote - should we try to set up a 'real' Death Cafe in London or not?
Posted by Jon Underwood on Jan. 27, 2015, 1:39 p.m. 7 comments
Some notes:
· What is being asked here is whether setting up a ‘real’ Death Cafe is a good idea in principle. If a majority vote yes a business plan will be produced and with it a community share offer to raise the money. At this point the financial viability of the ‘real’ Death Cafe will be looked at in detail.
· What a real Death Cafe consists ...
New Blog post: Death Cafe London – your thoughts requested
Posted by Jon Underwood on Jan. 8, 2015, 2:49 p.m. 16 comments
Summary
This year I’ve been developing plans to set up a real Death Cafe in London. The work so far has convinced me that this venture is both viable and desirable. Death Cafe London is a community venture however, and won’t work without widespread support. When I met him recently, Bernard Crettaz urged caution. We need to make some crucial decisions about whether to proceed or not and so this is a request ...
Practitioners question: Payment for Death Cafe facilitators
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 29, 2014, 10:57 p.m. 11 comments
Hi,
I'm sure the holiday season is not the best time for this but I need to raise something :)
Our guide to running your own Death Cafe (http://deathcafe.com/how/) is clear that Death Cafes are not for profit. Organisers can ask for a suggested donation if they ...
New Blog post: Merry Christmas from Death Cafe
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 23, 2014, 10:28 a.m.
Wishing you a fabulous festive season!
Thanks so much for all your support of Death Cafe.
Looking forward to a fascinating 2015 :)
Practitioners question: Death Cafe wanted in North Texas
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 15, 2014, 11:50 p.m. 6 comments
"Hi, I just found out about this concept--the Death Cafes--and I see thelistings online--all over the world, but not one near me--in the Dallas, Texas area. I would like to attend, but don't have the energy to start one up. I wonder if there are any other interested in ...
Video: Interview with Bernard Crettaz
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 11, 2014, 1:06 a.m. 2 comments
New Blog post: Meeting Bernard Crettaz
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 11, 2014, 10:19 p.m. 6 comments
It is now over a week since I went to Switzerland to meet Bernard Crettaz. It was a brief but magical trip and definitely one of the highlights of my life. Bernard Crettaz is the founder of Cafe Mortels and his work inspired Death Café. Without him it wouldn’t exist in the way it does. I went to Switzerland to interview him and also attend what was advertised as being his last Cafe Mortel ...
New Blog post: *Updated: Bernard Crettaz - last Cafe Mortel 31st October, Lausanne Switzerland
Posted by Jon Underwood on Oct. 9, 2014, 3:53 p.m. 5 comments
As you may know, we are making a film about Death Cafe as part ...
New Blog post: Film for Death Cafe London - your help needed!
Posted by Jon Underwood on Oct. 2, 2014, 9:52 a.m. 4 comments
Hi everyone :)
As part of the work to develop Death Café London I have commissioned a film to be made about this project and Death Café more widely. This is being made by Mdhamiri at Cinovice.
As Death Café is a community enterprise I am very keen that a wide variety of voices are heard in this film. As such I would like to invite you to film yourself and send us the results.
If ...
New Blog post: Announcing plans to open a ‘real’ Death Café in London
Posted by Jon Underwood on Sept. 25, 2014, 10:41 p.m. 28 comments
Super brief summary:
We’re looking to establish a ‘real’ Death Café in London - a physical Death Café that sits at the heart of what is now a worldwide movement. This will be called Death Café London and will be owned and run by the community that funds its set up. If it takes off it could be the first of several. Stay tuned for a share prospectus and more information in the near future ...
Death Cafe: Death Cafe at Kensal Green Dissenters' Chapel, London *** CHANGE OF DATE - NOW NOV. 2nd
Posted by Jon Underwood on Sept. 24, 2014, 11:19 p.m.
With Jon Underwood
Nov. 2, 2014, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (BST)
Free
With Jon Underwood
Oct. 11, 2014, 2.00 p.m. - 3.45 p.m. (BST)
Free. Donations to Jamyang Buddhist Centre accepted. Free tea and lovely food and drink available for purchase.
The Death Cafe will take place in the Courthouse Garden Cafe, which is provided by Jamyang Buddhist Centre. I have been a student of Jamyang since 1999 and it is ...
Practitioners question: Please don't...
Posted by Jon Underwood on Sept. 4, 2014, 12:28 a.m. 8 comments
There are a number of things that we ask people offering Death Cafes not to do. These are in our guide but aren't nearly clear enough it seems. I will address this but in the meantime, here they are....
If you're offering a Death Cafe please don't ...
Video: Death Cafe's founder Jon Underwood speaking at Social Media Week 2014, London
Posted by Jon Underwood on Aug. 18, 2014, 10:14 a.m. 2 comments
New Blog post: 1,000th Death Cafe
Posted by Jon Underwood on July 30, 2014, 9:03 a.m. 4 comments
We recently passed the major milestone of 1,000 Death Cafes :)
It is amazing to know that all over the world people are discussing death thanks to this work.
Thanks so much to everyone attending, organising or supporting Death Cafe.
Practitioners question: Authentic Death Cafes
Posted by Jon Underwood on July 26, 2014, 9:55 p.m. 3 comments
Hi everyone,
This is a post I have put off writing for some time.
Sadly there are people who are using the name Death Cafe without permission, and in certain cases with motives that I am personally not comfortable with.
Please note:
- Only Death Cafes listed on this site it ...
With Jon Underwood
May 8, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (BST)
Free
For the second year running, James Norris of Dead Social is setting up a pioneering pop-up death event in Central London.
This will be a range of great stuff happening ...
New Blog post: Online Death Cafes a success!
Posted by Jon Underwood on April 28, 2014, 12:05 a.m.
This work was originally published on the Death Cafe site on the 13th June 2013.
Since then we've further clarified the core Death Cafe model as being without questions.
This work indicates that questions may be more necessary with online Death Cafes.
However for it to be a Death Cafe the conversation must be led by participants as much as possible.
You can post online Death Cafes to this site. Please do organise one ...
Video: Two Sighs - Transnational Dying and Care
Posted by Jon Underwood on April 25, 2014, 3:36 p.m.
I am proud to announce our new Death Cafe logo! This has been the product of considerable thought and work and I am really pleased with it.
Thanks so much to Phil Cooper of Petit Mal for producing it.
Video: Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Posted by Jon Underwood on Feb. 9, 2014, 9:05 p.m. 1 comment
New Blog post: Death Cafe 500
Posted by Jon Underwood on Jan. 26, 2014, 7:27 p.m. 8 comments
On Thursday last week we to hit a major milestone – our 500th Death Café!
It’s a good time to do some celebrating. The growth of Death Café is phenomenal – this time last year we were just about to hold our 50th!
I hope I’m not tempting fate by saying that everything is going very well with this project. I feel we’re providing a very meaningful thing by offering some time to ...
New Blog post: Death Cafe end of 2013 round up - and plans for 2014!
Posted by Jon Underwood on Jan. 3, 2014, 1:09 a.m. 29 comments
It’s been a fantastic year for Death Café.
Together we’ve worked to hold hundreds of Death Cafes where people have come together in comfort to talk openly about death. There have now been 450 Death Cafes listed on our website, and many more that haven’t. Literally across the world we have got people talking about death.
This year we’ve re-written the guide to running your own Death Café, enabling more and ...
Press: Death Cafe on Radio New Zealand Spiritual Outlook
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 20, 2013, 11:34 p.m. 3 comments
Feartures interviews with Jon Underwood and Nicola Carroll from Tairawhiti Hospice who organised the first Death Cafe in New Zealand in June 2013.
Thanks Lisa Thompson for interviewing us and putting the programme together.
[Small clarification - the project that is mentioned is not Dying Matters, but Find Me Help which ...
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/spiritualoutlook/20131215
Resource: Death in Classic and Contemporary Film: Fade to Black
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 17, 2013, 10:49 p.m. 1 comment
Daniel Sullivan is Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of Arizona, USA. He is the co-author of many research articles and book chapters on topics ranging from psychology to film and literature.
Jeff Greenberg is Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona, USA, and is President of the ...
Video: Sheldon Solomon - Afraid of the Dark: Humanity at the Crossroads
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 11, 2013, 9:15 p.m. 2 comments
Video: Sheldon Solomon on His Mortality
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 7, 2013, 3:11 p.m. 1 comment
Press: Der Tod wird im Cafe enttabuisiert
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 3, 2013, 9:18 a.m. 1 comment
Article on Death Cafe in Switzerland’s third largest (non-free) newspaper about Death Cafe that includes a short interview with Bernard Crettaz and me.
Aargauer Zeitung / Die Nordwestsch:
Video: The National Funeral Exhibition Showreel 2013
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 1, 2013, 12:15 a.m. 11 comments
Practitioners question: Clarification - themes and communities
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 24, 2013, 5:08 p.m. 4 comments
In the Death Cafe guide (6.1) we actively discourage having themes for Death Cafes. A themed Death Cafe is a Death Cafe that is devoted to the discussion of a specific topic, such as funerals, grief or planning future care.
However we also say that "6.3 In general ...
Press: Article about Death Cafe in the Japanese press
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 18, 2013, 12:55 p.m. 3 comments
The conversation is moving eastwards!
greenzjp: http://greenz.jp/2013/11/18/death_cafe/
Link: Dying in chains: why do we treat sick prisoners like this?
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 17, 2013, 11:38 a.m. 1 comment
Shocking article about mistreatment of dying UK prisoners, in handcuffs as they die.
Photo shows Michael Tyrrell photographed by his daughter the day before he died: 'How much of a security risk could a terminally ill, 65-year-old man pose? Was it necessary to have him chained up in a way ...
The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/09/sick-prisoners-handcuffing-terminally-ill
New Blog post: Why now?
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 15, 2013, 5:12 p.m. 9 comments
Lizzy Miles recently said to me that 2013 was the year that the death conversation went mainstream. I guess time will tell but, as the Atlantic said, death does seem to be having a moment.
Death Cafe seems to have arrived at precisely the time loads of people wanted to talk about death. And there is currently a profusion of exciting and vibrant work around death. It's really wonderful to be involved.
Maybe this ...
Don says "I think I did ok considering I was placed alone in a small tv studio in Vancouver without a screen to see the interviewer 3000 miles away"
Sun News Network: http://www.torontosun.com/videos/featured/featured-tor/1213592864001/death-cafes-popping-up-in-canada/2821012292001
Art: Death Cafe facebook page - thank you Megan Mooney!
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 9, 2013, 12:42 a.m. 6 comments
Check out these amazing stats - according to facebook, in the last week Death Cafe's facebook page reached nearly 100,000 people!
Our facebook page is definitely making lots of people happy and this is very much due to Megan Mooney, from Death Cafe St. Joe. Megan runs the page which is lots of hard work and does it really well.
Thank you Megan!
Link: Amazing photostudy: This Guy’s Wife Got Cancer, So He Did Something Unforgettable.
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 6, 2013, 5:08 p.m. 1 comment
Thanks very much Isabella El-Hasan Sarr. Photography by Angelo Merendino.
The Free Though Project: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/guys-wife-cancer-unforgettable-3-photos-destroyed-me/#jmVL2xzxzeSm6ZUY.01
Death Knells is a website dedicated to quotes about death. It is run by John Wadsworth who has excellent taste - recommended!
Art: Perfect sweetener for a Death Cafe
Posted by Jon Underwood on Oct. 10, 2013, 6:40 a.m. 1 comment
Art: Calvin and Hobbes on life and death
Posted by Jon Underwood on Oct. 7, 2013, 5:35 a.m. 1 comment
Art: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
Posted by Jon Underwood on Sept. 11, 2013, 7:50 a.m.
Damien Hirst has produced a significant amount of art focused on death, but this is perhaps his most famous piece. It consists of a 14 foot Tiger shark preserved in formaldehyde.
I've seen this in a gallery and it is an arresting piece. But the thing that interests me most is the title. Is it physically impossible to for us to imagine death? I don't know!
Submitted by Paige Lewis
Press: The Death Cafe discussion group steers its members on how to live
Posted by Jon Underwood on July 25, 2013, 6:10 p.m.
The Death Cafe that is referred to was in the Twin Cities.
Star Tribune: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/216473041.html
Death Cafe: Death Cafe at the Joy of Death festival
Posted by Jon Underwood on Aug. 11, 2012, 7:04 a.m.
With Jon Underwood
Sept. 8, 2012, 11.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (British Summer Time)
Free
New Blog post: Cadaverous 1
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 30, 2011, 11:54 p.m.
This material makes me afraid. There is a big part of me that wants to not to look.
But through looking at death .... such wonders!
Below is my attempt to explain the objectives for this work. I'm suggesting a dialogue with fear of and aversion to death. I'm saying that we should look at this, not try to zone it out.
Because if we don't look at it then death rules our ...
With Sue Barsky Reid
Sept. 25, 2011, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (British Summer Time)
Free
Image by Katia Desmet.
Right now #Inappropriatefuneralsongs is trending on Twitter. There are many thousands of suggestions from the obvious to the outrageous to some that actually seem, ironically, very appropriate. Long live our appetite for grave humour!
Right now #Inappropriatefuneralsongs is trending on Twitter. There are many thousands of suggestions from the obvious to the outrageous to some that actually seem, ironically, very appropriate. Long live our appetite for grave humour!
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G. I. Gurdjieff: The Last Hour of Life
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"Imagine, that you have only a few minutes, maybe an hour left to live; somehow you have discovered exactly when you will die. What would you do with this last precious hour of your stay on Earth?
Never spend fruitlessly the last ...
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From deathshred.com. I bought this t-shirt.
New Blog post: Death and the Riots
Posted by Jon Underwood on Aug. 16, 2011, 11:56 p.m. 1 comment
This week, like much of the country, I have been watching the riots that ripped apart our communities. I don’t only mean watching the incessant news updates and reading the reams of angry and insightful comment. I was immersed in events themselves with riot police at both ends of my street, and local youths bombarding police with bricks. On Wednesday night you would have founds me bolting my windows tight and worrying about the ...
Art: Six Feet Under Convention, Bournemouth, August 2011
Posted by Jon Underwood on Aug. 15, 2011, 11:44 p.m.
Photos by Susan Morris of the Natural Death Centre.
Art: Six Feet Under Convention, Bournemouth, August 2011
Posted by Jon Underwood on Aug. 15, 2011, 11:43 p.m.
Photos by Susan Morris of the Natural Death Centre.
Art: Six Feet Under Convention, Bournemouth, August 2011
Posted by Jon Underwood on Aug. 15, 2011, 11:42 p.m.
Photos by Susan Morris of the Natural Death Centre.
Art: Six Feet Under Convention, Bournemouth, August 2011
Posted by Jon Underwood on Aug. 15, 2011, 11:42 p.m.
Photos by Susan Morris of the Natural Death Centre.
Art: Six Feet Under Convention, Bournemouth, August 2011
Posted by Jon Underwood on Aug. 15, 2011, 11:41 p.m.
Photos by Susan Morris of the Natural Death Centre.
Art: Six Feet Under Convention, Bournemouth, August 2011
Posted by Jon Underwood on Aug. 15, 2011, 11:39 p.m.
Photos by Susan Morris of the Natural Death Centre.
Art: Six Feet Under Convention, Bournemouth, August 2011
Posted by Jon Underwood on Aug. 15, 2011, 10:54 p.m.
Photos by Susan Morris of the Natural Death Centre.
Resource: Funeral cost comparison research (UK)
Posted by Jon Underwood on April 7, 2011, 12:49 a.m.
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Video: Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone
Posted by Jon Underwood on March 31, 2011, 12:33 a.m.
Video: Newsroom: Supreme Court: Death Penalty Is 'Totally Badass'
Posted by Jon Underwood on March 26, 2011, 12:31 a.m.
Video: Don't Be Afraid You're Already Dead - Akron / Family
Posted by Jon Underwood on Feb. 12, 2011, 2:38 p.m.
Press: Independent, 1st November 2010, Never say die? Far from it in Paris death café
Posted by Jon Underwood on Jan. 9, 2011, 2:11 p.m. 1 comment
Monsier Bernard Crettaz
Never say die? Far from it in Paris death café
By Molly Guinness in Paris
Monday, 1 November 2010
Good coffee, a comfortable seat and someone interesting to talk to are the prerequisites for visiting any café, even if the conversation is about death. Last week, the ...
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New Blog post: Businessweek - Entrepreneurs Reinvent the Funeral Industry
Posted by Jon Underwood on Sept. 29, 2010, 12:41 p.m.
These trailblazers come from all sorts of businesses - automotive, design, technology - unburdened by the conventions of their new industry. They introduce products some consider shocking. Traditionalists scoff at them. But these outsiders are revolutionizing one of the world's oldest professions: the funeral industry.
It's a good time to deal in death. The first baby boomers are entering their mid-60s, and the death rate in the U.S. is expected to rise from 8 ...
Dame Ciciley Saunders founded St Christopher’s as the first hospice to link expert pain and symptom control, compassionate care, education and clinical research. St Christopher’s has been a pioneer in the field of palliative medicine, which is now established worldwide.
St Christopher’s serves a population of 1 ...
Video: Russia Today - Traditional funerals buried in Britain
Posted by Jon Underwood on Sept. 25, 2010, 8:19 p.m.
RESTORING HOPE
Death is a part of life, and grieving a natural process. Cruse is committed to breaking the stigma around grief and ensuring that everyone, no matter how old or young, can access the highest quality support following a bereavement.
Not only does Cruse provide a telephone helpline and ...
Cremation urns.
Please see the excellent Morbid Anatomy blog.
Please see the excellent Morbid Anatomy blog.
Please see the excellent Morbid Anatomy blog.
Please see the excellent Morbid Anatomy blog.
Video: Mortuary Lift Company: Attaching the Glidetecs
Posted by Jon Underwood on Sept. 23, 2010, 7:49 p.m.
Images from the amazing skull-a-day blog.
Images from the amazing skull-a-day blog.
Images from the amazing skull-a-day blog.
Images from the amazing skull-a-day blog.
Images from the amazing skull-a-day blog.
Jimmy's patents were buried together in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin in an unmarked grave. Phyllis Garland was buried there in the 1950s and Tom Molloy was buried there in the 1980s.
Jimmy was upset to discover that they had no headstone when he visited the cemetery. These photos show the process of us commissioning a headstone which today stands in Dublin.
Jimmy's patents were buried together in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin in an unmarked grave. Phyllis Garland was buried there in the 1950s and Tom Molloy was buried there in the 1980s.
Jimmy was upset to discover that they had no headstone when he visited the cemetery. These photos show the process of us commissioning a headstone which today stands in Dublin.
Jimmy's patents were buried together in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin in an unmarked grave. Phyllis Garland was buried there in the 1950s and Tom Molloy was buried there in the 1980s.
Jimmy was upset to discover that they had no headstone when he visited the cemetery. These photos show the process of us commissioning a headstone which today stands in Dublin.
This is about death. I'm interested in how we see it, what we're scared of, what we like, what's funny. 'Cos you never know when you're gonna go...