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Graveyards as green getaways

Stressed city dwellers have been visiting cemeteries in greater numbers since the start of the pandemic. Discover how, despite the constant reminders of death, graveyards bring visitors a sense of renewal.

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A graveyard of plants for the people I love

Searching for her own ceremony to acknowledge the passing of her grandmother, Jennifer Neal turned to plants. The ritual she created was personal and loving, and celebrated life as well as acknowledging loss.

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Euston’s lost burial ground

Closing St James’s Gardens for a new rail line required the largest exhumation in British history. Tom Bolton explores the stories of some of the people who were buried there.

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Death and our digital ghosts

When we die, our data lives on. And as companies are increasingly spotting money-making opportunities from digital legacies, now could be the time to think about – and control – yours.

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  • Sir John Simon (?) in his role as the first Medical Officer of Health for the City of London putting pressure on the Corporation of London to act upon the pestilential conditions of the graveyards in the City. Lithograph by Bolus, 1851.
  • Sir John Simon (?) in his role as the first Medical Officer of Health for the City of London putting pressure on the Corporation of London to act upon the pestilential conditions of the graveyards in the City. Lithograph by Bolus, 1851.
  • Mortsafes at Kinnernie graveyard, Aberdeenshire.
  • Mortsafes in Cluny graveyard, Aberdeenshire.
  • Watchhouse at Peterculter graveyard, Aberdeenshire.
  • Mortsafe at Inverurie graveyard, Aberdeenshire.
  • Mortsafe in graveyard at Durris, Aberdeenshire.
  • Vault in graveyard at Udny, Aberdeenshire
  • Watch-house at Lumphanan graveyard, Aberdeenshire.
  • Mourning brooche showing a graveyard scene.
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