Outside the box We live in a society where people struggle to look death in the eye.  Death has become the territory of professionals and we rarely see a dead body unless it is someone very close to us.  Death had become hidden, and so more traumatic.  Our speaker Liz Rothschild has edited a new (more…)

At Death Cafes we come together to chat about death in a relaxed, safe, social environment. The Bristol Death Cafe is currently being held online, on Zoom every month. For more information about how to sign up please visit their Facebook page Our objective is “To increase awareness of the reality of death, so we (more…)

Talking about death and dying is difficult. We might talk about our fears of giving birth to our children, our concerns as parents, our frustrations with work and relationships, and the struggles we face in life.  However rarely do we volunteer to talk about death and dying, especially our own. Join Arnos Vale staff as (more…)

Premature burial The fear of premature burial rose to a fever-pitch in 18th- and 19th-century Europe as a result of various scientific and spiritual circumstances.  The more doctors and scientists learned about death, the more they realized they did not (more…)

Death has been a source of grief and uncertainty for humanity throughout history, but it has also been the inspiration for a plethora of fascinating customs. This talk with Dr Helen Frisby, author of the Shire book Traditions of Death and Burial, (more…)

What happened to the bodies? During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the population of Britain boomed, and thousands of people moved from the country to the city in search of work and a better life. Overcrowded and insanitary urban living conditions were the norm for most working people, creating breeding grounds for disease and accidents. (more…)