Kate is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. She is Mum to two children. Her son was born was a life threatening condition and spent 3 months in NICU.
Read moreFive Things I've discovered whilst re-imagining death and dying by Ivor Williams.
Ivor Williams is a designer, developing new ways of thinking about and experiencing death and dying in the 21st century. He leads the end-of-life care projects at the Helix Centre, an innovation design lab inside the Institute for Global Health Innovation led by Lord Ara Darzi at St Mary’s Hospital in London.
Read moreFive Things they don’t tell you when your wife is diagnosed with cancer by Chris Willis-Baugh.
You can follow Chris on Instagram, where he shares relief, aid, tips and tricks with other husbands, who like him, had absolutely NO IDEA what to do when told their wife has cancer.
Read moreFive Things I learned about life and death as a Resuscitation Nurse by Christie Watson.
Christie Watson was a registered nurse for twenty years and is currently patron of the Royal College of Nursing Foundation. The Language of Kindness, her memoir about nursing, is a number one Sunday Times bestseller.
Read moreFive Things we wish we'd known before our daughter and younger sister died from brain cancer by the Troyer family.
Julie Troyer died from brain cancer at the age of 43. Her parents and older brother have written about the things they wish they’d known before she died.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learnt from facing the end of life with Essie, my life limited triplet daughter, by Lorna Cobbett.
Lorna Cobbett is a Mummy to triplets, Roman, Essie and Eva. Essie was diagnosed as life limited at 11 days old and died aged 18 months.
Lorna Cobbett is a Mummy to triplets - Roman, Essie and Eva - who were born in February 2016. Essie was diagnosed as life limited at 11 days old and died aged 18 months in August 2017.
Read moreFive Things I've learned since the death of my wife, BBC presenter Rachael Bland, by Steve Bland.
Rachael and Steve Bland with their son Freddie
Steve Bland’s wife Rachael died from triple negative breast cancer in September 2018. Rachael was a BBC presenter and hosted the incredible podcast You, Me and the Big C.
Read moreFive Things we’ve learned through running Coffin Club, by Kate and Kate.
Kate Tym and Kate Dyer are the founders of Coffin Club, a safe space to talk about death and plan your perfect send-off.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learnt as a palliative care psychotherapist, by Ben Sealy.
Ben Sealy works as a psychotherapist at Harlington Hospice and with the palliative care team in North London. He sees patients at the end of life as well as their carers/family, working with them in their homes, in hospital and at the hospice, from diagnosis until death.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt about death since my dad was murdered by Mark Lemon.
When Mark Lemon was 12, his father was murdered. He now writes books for children.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt from nursing the dying, by Kimberley St John.
Kim is a palliative care nurse and the lead for Let's talk: Transforming end of life care conversations at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and the Second Conversation, a collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians.
Read moreFive Things I've learned about death from working with refugee children, by Nuri McBride.
Nuri McBride worked in international humanitarian aid for fifteen years specialising in survivors of torture, refugee children, and the resettlement of unaccompanied minors. She has worked in-country in Kenya, Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Thailand, as well as in resettlement in the United States.
Read moreFive Things no one tells you about losing a loved one to suicide, by Chloe Laws.
May 2019 marks a decade since Chloe Laws’ stepdad died by suicide. Chloe is the founder and co-editor of the feminist platform FGRLS CLUB, which creates and champions content that aims to break taboos and open up conversations.
Read moreFive Things I've discovered about the reality of living with Parkinson’s disease, after being diagnosed at the age of 29 by Ellie Finch Hulme.
Having been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013 at the age of 29, Ellie Finch Hulme writes about her experiences of parenting and Parkinson’s on her blog, PD Mama, with the aim of raising awareness of young onset PD.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt about life after writing about the death of my son, Teddy, by Elle Wright.
After the death of her son, Teddy, at three days old, Elle Wright started writing to navigate her new life and as a way to feel purpose again. Her blog, Feathering The Empty Nest, is a way of finding light in darkness, positivity in times of desperation and, hopefully, making a few people laugh along the way. Elle is a wife, mother, award-winning blogger and author of The Sunday Times Bestselling book ‘Ask Me His Name’.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt about money and a good life by Alex Holder.
Alex Holder has written a book on the importance of talking about money. Her work has been taught in schools and debated in parliament. Her campaign highlighting the gender pay gap went viral and helped change an actual law. Her book ‘Open Up – The Power of Talking About Money’ is published by Serpents Tail and out now.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learned as a hospice doctor, by Dr Rachel Clarke.
Dr Rachel Clarke works in an NHS hospice and believes strongly in the importance of helping patients with a terminal illness live as richly and fully as possible.
Read moreFive Things you need to know about hospice care by hospice pioneer Barbara Karnes, RN.
Barbara Karnes, RN, is an internationally respected speaker, educator, author, and thought leader on matters of end of life. She is a renowned authority to explain the dying process to families, healthcare professionals, and the community at large.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt about funerals since I became a Humanist Celebrant by Carol Smillie.
Carol Smillie (now Knight) qualified as a Humanist Celebrant in 2018 after over 25 years in television. She now conducts non religious funerals, naming and legal wedding ceremonies with the charity Humanist Society Scotland. Humanist ceremonies are now the number one choice across Scotland for both weddings and funerals.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt about grief by Clemmie Telford.
Clemmie Telford has experienced the death of several loved ones including the particularly significant loss of a family friend, who died of Malaria aged 20, after volunteering at a school in Ghana.
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