Death and dying

As assisted dying bill returns to Commons, families recall loved ones’ battle to ‘go out on own terms’

by The Guardian | Sep 7, 2026 | Assisted dying, Cancer, Death and dying, England, Health, House of Commons, House of Lords, Rankin, The Guardian, Wales | 0 |

Elise Burns and Keith Williams appeared in campaign filmed by Rankin this year – both were denied their wishes, but their relatives are picking up the batonThe feeling, said Sarah Burns of her sister’s last days, is one of...

Losing a parent is a bewildering, lonely experience. Here are the things I wish I had known before | Gaby Hinsliff

by The Guardian | Sep 5, 2026 | Bereavement, Death and dying, Family, Life and style, Society, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

There’ll be exhaustion, love tinged with occasional rage, even moments of black humour. But my mum would want me to tell you: don’t be afraidMy mother’s house looks exactly as she left it.Two novels sit by the armchair, their...

My mum has died – and there is one kind of response I can’t stand | Polly Hudson

by The Guardian | Aug 26, 2026 | Bereavement, Death and dying, Family, Life and style, Society, The Guardian | 0 |

The platitudes, euphemisms and cliches are excruciating. But the people who say nothing at all are the worstLuckily, I already knew having a comic thought at a tragic moment is a natural stress response, or I might have worried....

What end-of-life experts know about living well: love your wrinkles, celebrate birthdays and don’t obsess over work

by The Guardian | Aug 13, 2026 | Death and dying, Family, Friendship, Health, Life and style, Society, The Guardian | 0 |

How can our understanding of mortality shape the way we live? Palliative care doctors and death doulas share the lessons they have learnedWe will all face death one day, but our attitude towards this is individual. How can our...

I lost my beloved husband after 35 years, then my sister and my father. Here’s how I rebuilt my old happy self

by The Guardian | May 26, 2026 | Bereavement, Cancer, Death and dying, Health, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, Psychology, The Guardian | 0 |

I 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...

Her daughter was murdered seven years ago. Why are images of the crime still on social media?

by The Guardian | Apr 2, 2026 | Bereavement, Death and dying, Family, Life and style, Social media, The Guardian, US news | 0 |

Bianca 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...

I have stage four cancer – there will be no cure, but death isn’t necessarily imminent: this is how it feels to live in the long middle

by The Guardian | Mar 22, 2026 | Cancer, Death and dying, Health, Lung cancer, Society, The Guardian | 0 |

When you are cured, the world cheers; when you are dying, it mourns. But when you are simply maintaining, the world is at a lossMornings begin with a silent inventory, conducted in the dark before the curtains are drawn: can I...

A death scholar on why we need to stop being naive about dying: ‘I always hear, “Can’t you just put me into a nice meadow?”’

by The Guardian | Mar 7, 2026 | Australian books, Death and dying, The Guardian | 0 |

Dr Hannah Gould on eco-funerals, being ‘the death person’ and the one thing everyone should know before they dieGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAround 2040, Australia will reach peak death. A silver tsunami of boomers...

My husband was murdered on holiday – and my whole world collapsed

by The Guardian | Jan 28, 2026 | Bereavement, Death and dying, Family, Life and style, Society, The Guardian, Travel | 0 |

Each 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,...

The pub that changed me: ‘Shattering grief took me there for the first time’

by The Guardian | Jan 21, 2026 | Death and dying, Friendship, Pubs, Society, The Guardian, Young people | 0 |

I was 23 and one of my closest friends had just died. Our friendship group all but moved into the Bard’s back room, insulated from time and gossip, doing our best to comfort one anotherThe Crown Bard in Rhyl had always been...

The crying game: what Hamnet’s grief-porn debate says about women, cinema – and enormous hawks

by The Guardian | Jan 16, 2026 | Benedict Cumberbatch, Bereavement, Chloé Zhao, Claire Foy, Culture, Death and dying, Film, Hamnet, Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Society, The Guardian, Women | 0 |

Hamnet 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...

Experience: I’m Britain’s best gravedigger

by The Guardian | Jan 9, 2026 | Bereavement, Death and dying, Life and style, Society, The Guardian | 0 |

People 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...

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