Death

‘This is a very difficult decision’: MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate
Assisted dying

‘This is a very difficult decision’: MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate

In a passionate and emotionally-charged debate in the House of Commons, MPs on opposing sides discussed whether the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill should move forward to the next parliamentary stage – which could lead to a change in the law to allow assisted dying

‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral
Funeral poverty

‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral

Bereaved people face ‘significant barriers’ while trying to organise council funerals, research by Quaker Social Action has found

How Mexico’s women hijacked Día de los Muertos to remember the missing and the murdered
Activism

How Mexico’s women hijacked Día de los Muertos to remember the missing and the murdered

Since 2021, 3 November has been unofficially known as Day of the Dead Women. Hundreds of women carry white crosses inscribed with the names of the missing and dead

Countdown star Susie Dent: Why ‘willanthropy’ is my new favourite word
Susie Dent

Countdown star Susie Dent: Why ‘willanthropy’ is my new favourite word

We don’t know how much time we have. So let’s be sure to use it well
Paul McNamee

We don’t know how much time we have. So let’s be sure to use it well

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UK is ‘failing’ children as death rates rise, poverty surges and health declines at ‘alarming’ rate
Child poverty

UK is ‘failing’ children as death rates rise, poverty surges and health declines at ‘alarming’ rate

‘A national scandal’: Nearly 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes last winter
Housing

‘A national scandal’: Nearly 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes last winter

How people are celebrating life and confronting a universal truth by attending their own funeral
Life

How people are celebrating life and confronting a universal truth by attending their own funeral

Succession shows grief is complicated. Here’s how to get help if you’re dealing with a complex loss
advice

Succession shows grief is complicated. Here’s how to get help if you’re dealing with a complex loss

Robin Ince: My Dad is gone, but our shared love of books remains
In memoriam

Robin Ince: My Dad is gone, but our shared love of books remains

Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven’t we declared war on it?
John Bird

Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven’t we declared war on it?

Here’s what happens when you leave your body to science
Health

Here’s what happens when you leave your body to science

Organ donation: The light within the darkness
Health

Organ donation: The light within the darkness