essay
Ageing and death
Peregrinations of grief
A friend and a falcon went missing. In pain, I turned to ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ – and found a new vision of sorrow and time
Emily Polk
essay
Ageing and death
Witness the pain
When loved ones are traumatically lost, bereaved families become accidental activists by turning grief into grievance
Chris Bobel
video
Ageing and death
Demystifying death – a palliative care specialist’s practical guide to life’s end
4 minutes
video
Personality
Why cleaning up crime scenes requires a rare mix of grit and empathy
9 minutes
video
Family life
Against her father’s warnings, Debra resolves to learn about his time in Auschwitz
4 minutes
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Mood and emotion
When grief doesn’t end
Suffering the sudden death of a loved person leaves some survivors stuck in grief. Can they win their lives back – and how?
Martin W Angler
video
Death
Toby ponders the inner lives of the sheep that roam atop his parents’ graves
6 minutes
video
Love and friendship
A decade after his wife was swept away in a tsunami, Yasuo still searches the sea
9 minutes
video
Ageing and death
When his elderly parents make a suicide pact, Doron struggles to accept their choice
19 minutes
video
Ageing and death
‘It’s not beautiful, but it’s interesting’ – an ageing nude model surveys her body
4 minutes
video
Art
A massive art installation attempts to put the COVID-19 deaths in perspective
15 minutes
video
Ageing and death
Death is a trip – how new research links near-death and DMT experiences
9 minutes
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Ageing and death
Old not Other
Here’s a puzzle: why do we neglect and disdain the one vulnerable group we all eventually will join? Beauvoir had an answer
Kate Kirkpatrick & Sonia Kruks
video
Stories and literature
A musician and a storyteller collaborate in a daily duet of words and music
5 minutes
video
Ageing and death
How an end-of-life doula found her vocation as a companion for the dying
7 minutes
video
Life stages
Love evolves and death isn’t worth your worry – life lessons from an 88-year-old
7 minutes
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Ageing and death
The gender of dementia
Are women really at greater risk from dementia? Until we reckon with social roles and inequalities, it’s impossible to say
Kate Gregorevic
video
Animals and humans
The joys and heartbreaks of loving a creature who ages faster than you
11 minutes
video
Illness and disease
As dementia trims the tree of knowledge in John’s brain, music holds firm
12 minutes
video
Teaching and learning
A retired teacher embarks on a mission to find out what became of a beloved student
16 minutes
video
Meaning and the good life
What a ‘good death’ can look like, in the quiet company of a compassionate stranger
18 minutes
idea
Meaning and the good life
Don’t take life so seriously: Montaigne’s lessons on the inner life
Dorian Rolston
video
Animals and humans
How does Norman, a 16-year-old Shih Tzu, see the pet cloning dilemma?
8 minutes
idea
Ageing and death
The self in dementia is not lost, and can be reached with care
Muireann Irish