As a celebrant, I prefer funerals to weddings. This is why
Perhaps my work is still about my healing – remembering the sacred fragility, the passing nature, the end date in sight
Body found after house fire in north-west Tasmania
By Monty Jacka
Firefighters believe the body is that of the resident of the Devonport property.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-06/one-dead-in-devonport-tas-house-fire/106534326
#HouseFires #Fires #DeathandDying #Police #MontyJacka
Body found after house fire in north-west Tasmania
Firefighters believe the body is that of the resident of the Devonport property.
Iran war driving up funeral costs in the UK
The average traditional funeral now costs £4,623 – up 1.3% since January – says report from Pure Cremation
How a mother turned her drowned daughter’s passion into a thriving patisserie
Hamburg shop set up in tribute to aspiring pastry chef becomes ‘happy’ pilgrimage site for grieving parents
A full church cemetery leaves locals with nowhere nearby to be buried
By Mackenzie Archer
The Anglican church in a small northern Tasmanian town has exhausted all its cemetery space after selling off land to accommodate new social and affordable housing.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-05/campbell-town-cemetery-full-northern-midlands-council/106525586
#DeathandDying #RegionalCommunities #Religion #MackenzieArcher
A full church cemetery leaves locals with nowhere nearby to be buried
The Anglican church in a small northern Tasmanian town has exhausted all its cemetery space after selling off land to accommodate new social and affordable housing.
China to ban storing remains of dead in ‘bone ash apartments’
Practice of using apartments to store relatives’ ashes has risen as rapid urbanisation and aging population increases competition for cemetery plots
Spanish woman wins legal battle to end her life under euthanasia law
Noelia Castillo, 25, has struggled with psychiatric illness since she was young and tried to kill herself in October 2022
Why are memorial benches so popular? Because they keep the dead part of the flow of everyday life
UK towns are overwhelmed with requests for more. And no wonder: inscribed on them are intimate flashes of the people we knew and loved, says life writing professor Anne Karpf
Graves in England and Wales could be reused after 100 years
Law Commission wants to modernise law relating to cremation and burial and create more capacity
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