by Fran Glover | Jul 1, 2019 | Information, News, Story
That singular moment There is always a moment when you know it’s all been worthwhile. All those months of meetings, preparations, bookings, promotion and the last minute panic. It all comes down to a moment. In this case we were at the Hippodrome Theatre. We’d...
by Diane Parkes | Apr 9, 2019 | News
Monty Python’s Life of Brian, a night-time tour of a Victorian coffin-making factory, an open day at a crematorium and an art competition for children are all on offer at this year’s A Matter of Life and Death Festival. The festival, between May 10-18, features events...
by Content Admin | Mar 24, 2019 | News
The North American statesman Benjamin Franklin is credited with creating the immortal quote ‘ in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes’. It has become a well-known adage and yet, despite the absolute certainty that we will all die, we...
by Content Admin | Feb 9, 2019 | News, Story
By Pauline Morris The very nice lady at the undertakers handed me a box. I walked out to my car and carefully placed it in the boot. I didn’t open that box because I already knew what it contained – my mum’s ashes. I took them home, put them in the spare room and then...
by Content Admin | Jan 26, 2019 | Information, News
Famously Benjamin Disraeli is said to have uttered the lines “there are lies, damn lies and statistics”. Is this true? In the case of death, we can say with 100% certainty that we will all die. The statistic is undisputed. Why then are so many of us reluctant to...
by Content Admin | Jan 12, 2019 | DeathCafe, Event, News
Yoga philosophy evening Jayne Orton, an advanced yoga teacher (pictured above with B.K.S. Iyengar) and co-director of the Birmingham Iyengar Yoga Institute in Acock’s Green, and BrumYODO member Anna Lock recently co-hosted a yoga philosophy evening for yoga students...
