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Making sense of sudden mass deathsCopyrighted Image wallyg under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Dr Carol Komaromy (The Open University)

08 September 2011

Sudden, brutal death; hundreds and hundreds of them. What does it do to you to be one of the bereaved in such a traumatic event?  Read more : Making sense of sudden mass deaths

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Darwin Now: Wonder and loss Featuring: video, Jupiter Images

By Ruth Padel (Guest)

05 October 2009

Ruth Padel reads extracts from her book, ‘Darwin: A Life in Poems.’ This selection focuses on Darwin’s childhood, his mother’s death and his early passion...  Read more : Darwin Now: Wonder and loss

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Death and society Featuring: video, Jupiter Images

By Richard Wilson (Guest), Professor Glennys Howarth (Guest)

29 September 2009

Richard Wilson interviews Glennys Howarth about her research into how attitudes towards death changed in British Society during the course of the twentieth century  Read more : Death and society

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Richard Wilson goes to embalming school Featuring: video, Creative Commons Image MikeTraboe via Flickr

By Richard Wilson (Guest), The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

29 September 2009

Richard Wilson enrols for the day at embalming school and learns about a fast growing trend  Read more : Richard Wilson goes to embalming school

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The Cemetery of the Year AwardsCreative Commons Image MikeTraboe via Flickr

By Dr Kate Woodthorpe (Guest)

22 September 2009

Kate Woodthorpe talks about the hard work and dedication of some special people: The Cemetery of the Year Awards  Read more : The Cemetery of the Year Awards

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Making The Art Of Dying: An interview with Dan Cruickshank Featuring: video,audio, Production team

By Professor Dan Cruickshank (Guest), Dr Carol Komaromy (The Open University)

22 September 2009

Dr Carol Komaromy interviews Dan Cruickshank about his experiences making the BBC/OU programme The Art of Dying  Read more : Making The Art Of Dying: An interview with Dan Cruickshank

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Why death and dying?Jupiter Images

By Dr Carol Komaromy (The Open University)

22 September 2009

Although it's something we'll all experience, the idea of a course dedicated to death and dying might seem unusual. Dr Carol Komaromy explains why studying...  Read more : Why death and dying?

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Meet a funeral director Featuring: video, Jupiter Images

By Roy Mason (Guest)

22 September 2009

Funeral Director Roy Mason explains why he and his staff get "a massive sense of satisfaction" from their job  Read more : Meet a funeral director

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Memorialisation Featuring: video, Jupiter Images

By Angela Abbot (Guest)

22 September 2009

Crematorium and cemetery registrar Angela Abbot talks to us about memorialisation and the emergence of "fairy villages" as well as the sustainability of burials  Read more : Memorialisation

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Death in cyberspaceSarah Earle

By Dr Sarah Earle (The Open University)

22 September 2009

Dr Sarah Earle looks at the increasing use of the internet to create online memorials to people who have died  Read more : Death in cyberspace

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