June 27, 2025
Your relationship with the funeral director is important. Their role is to help you to arrange the funeral of your choice. Since most people will only […]
May 9, 2022
“The fact that practically all human societies possess some formalised death rites, alongside the otherwise practical task of disposing of a body, suggests that funerary ritual […]
September 23, 2021
When my mother died in Leicester I experienced a funeral arranging interview which was just a tickbox exercise. The arranger asked me nothing about her, assumptions […]
August 21, 2021
Not All Funeral Directors Are The Same Most people don’t think about funerals much in advance and can suddenly be faced with needing to appoint one […]
July 13, 2021
Our latest story shows how you can create a funeral that is personal with heart and soul. When her Mother died, Hilary knew that she didn’t […]
June 25, 2021
Funerals can cost less and be better when families and friends become more involved. The newspapers are full of articles about the cost of funerals. Some […]
June 8, 2021
A recent report showed that 42% of people in the UK have not made it known if they would want to be cremated or buried when […]
September 24, 2020
Someone asked me yesterday if I found the work I do as an undertaker depressing – being with people in the height of their grief – […]
September 21, 2020
Funerals have changed over the last 20 years from being largely faith based to over half being more person-centred and individual, led by a celebrant – […]
