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How we bury our children

Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.

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Beating the bodysnatchers

When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.

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Close encounters of the spiritualist kind

When it comes to practical and emotional advice, Daphne heeds the words of her lost loved ones. Find out how a spiritualist medium helps her stay in touch.

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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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  • Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.
  • Sarah Pridden. Engraving by R. Grave.
  • Nathaniel St André. Line engraving by R. Grave (Graves).
  • Nathaniel St André. Line engraving by R. Grave (Graves).
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Grave-well water
  • Grave with iron weapons from the Volkerwanderung
  • James Bick, a mimic trumpeter. Line engraving by Grave.
  • Thomas Guy. Line engraving by P. Grave after D. Heins.
  • Thomas Guy. Line engraving by P. Grave after D. Heins.
  • William Bill. Line engraving by R. Grave after G. P. Harding, 1822.
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