We believe it’s time for a more open conversation about death, dying and funerals.
In this blog, we give practical advice and ideas to help you if you are arranging a funeral or experiencing bereavement; answer your frequently asked questions/FAQs; and share stories, interviews and opinions.
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Mariel Ramos was Poppy’s first client, back in 2012. Ten years on, we’re so grateful to Mariel for talking to us about her husband’s life and death, her experience with Poppy’s, and why she believes open conversations about death are so important.
Hayley Campbell has spent the last three years talking, thinking and writing about death. She has interviewed a gravedigger, a pathologist, a bereavement midwife, even an executioner.
In our second spotlight on our sustainable suppliers, we speak to Ellen Musgrove about the willow coffins crafted by her family business, Musgrove Willows.
Two years from the start of Covid-19 pandemic, we interview Dr Paulina Kolata, one of the authors of ‘British Ritual Innovation under Covid-19’, about how this experience led to changes that we can all learn from.
the story behind the gravestones that you’ll see in any Victorian graveyard starts, not hundreds or thousands, but millions of years ago. Geologist Nina Morgan explains the secrets of gravestone geology.
Yuli Somme, founder of Bellacouche, makes woollen shrouds that she creates from local materials. At Poppy’s, we love Yuli’s beautiful creations, and the ethos that underpins them, and we’re delighted that she is sharing her story with us here.