After announcing this morning that Nelson Mandela has been admitted into hospital for tests, BBC Radio 4 News continued by… Read more

By chance this morning, I ended up having a long telephone conversation with Sheila, a friend I haven’t spoken to… Read more

It is important for you to be able to say your goodbyes to your dying friend. Even so, for some… Read more

The first three pop-up death cafes on Mystic Moon have now taken place at Bradford on Avon wharf, Devizes wharf,… Read more

Jane Morrell and Simon Smith set up Green Fuse twenty years ago. It’s been a long journey from setting up in… Read more

Taking part in a discussion with eldercare campaigner Marion Shoard on Woman’s Hour yesterday was one of the scarier moments of my life. … Read more

It’s count down to my big IVHQ (International Volunteer Headquarters) Indian/Vietnam adventure. In nine days I climb aboard my flight… Read more

I interviewed Angela Ward, who co-runs Go Simply Funerals with her husband Kevin, about her work as a funeral celebrant… Read more

Thankfully, very few of us have ever witnessed or been through what journalist Alan Pearce has experienced. Apart from covering… Read more

Last year my husband walked out of our marriage. We had been together for thirteen years. At the age of… Read more

I woke up this morning feeling as grey as the day. I’m often like this when I’ve come back from… Read more

An Advance Directive (living will) stipulates, for example, whether you want to be resuscitated or should you become seriously ill, what… Read more

This might sound a bit callous, but I don’t know what has been more shocking for me today: watching footage… Read more

Sitting on Mystic Moon in Limehouse Basin on a gloriously sunny evening, pinching myself to make sure I am not… Read more

It’s Professor Brian Cox who dunnit for me, in the sitting room, with his BBC series, The Wonders of the… Read more

Living in the same location as two octogenarian couples is a salutary experience.  One couple, Brian and Enid, are fully engaged… Read more

It’s a sad fact these days that most people in the West learn about death second hand – usually from… Read more

I loved the royal wedding last Friday. A truly magical occasion, and – rare these days, sadly – I felt… Read more