Decades after my father’s death, I was still angry about losing him. Finding a good-luck symbol set me on a new path Sumter, South Carolina, where I grew up, was nicknamed “Murk City”. It’s not all bad, but it has a history of...
Read MoreI tried everything from gong baths to junk food and intermittent crying as I attempted to deal with my grief. Nothing helped – until I started tuning in to what my body was telling meI didn’t think I could survive the death of...
Read MoreAs the razor-sharp lawyer in the 90s hit drama, Nardini’s character epitomised the work-hard, play-hard attitudes of the era. But after going through cancer, divorce and bereavement, the actor decided to retrainAlmost 30 years...
Read MoreBianca Devins was 17 when she was killed by a man who then shared photos of her mutilated body on sites like Instagram and Snapchat – something her mother Kim describes as ‘psychological terrorism’. Here, she reveals her battle...
Read MoreHer first album was a huge hit – then she faced the sudden tragedy of her husband’s early death. She describes the rupture of grief, her return to music and the harsh reality of fame as a woman in the 00sTwenty years ago,...
Read MoreIn 1999, Heather Preen contracted E coli on the beach. Two weeks later she died. Now, as a new Channel 4 show dramatises the scandal, her mother, Julie Maughan, explains why she is still looking for someone to take...
Read MoreEach year, about 80 British people are victims of a homicide overseas, and grieving loved ones have to navigate the aftermath. Eve Henderson describes losing her husband, and her fight to help othersOn a Sunday in October 1997,...
Read MoreHamnet and H Is for Hawk fuse themes of loss, birds and elemental female emotion. But whose fault is it if you remain dry-eyed?‘Is it porn or is it art?” A familiar, even dated question where nudity is involved, and (forgive...
Read MorePeople say my job must make me morbid, but I think the opposite is true, I truly appreciate lifeNot many people can say their happy place is a cemetery, but mine certainly is. I didn’t set out to dig graves for a living – it’s...
Read MoreFor 25 years, Justin and Nichola were an essential part of each other’s lives. Then, one random Wednesday, came a terrible, wrenching phone callMany lifelong alliances begin with a period of mild intimidation, and so it was with...
Read MoreMy clients are comforted by having their loved ones immortalised in an original artworkI’ve always enjoyed painting and drawing. I planned to become an artist, but when I was offered a job as a stockbroker at 19, the pull...
Read MoreWhen Mary Ann Kenny lost her husband, she hoped therapy or medication would help. But soon she was losing touch with reality – and panicking about what she might be doing to her two young sons Mary Ann Kenny first met her...
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