Stories
- In pictures
Death around the world in ten objects
Death is many things to many cultures: violent, holy, frightening, calm, disgusting... or just a gateway to another life.
- Article
Keeping death close
Scattering her father’s ashes, Lauren Entwistle found herself longing for something physical that proved he once was a living, breathing person. Here she reflects on the objects that help us to grieve and remember.
- Article
Hamlet, the melancholic Prince of Denmark
Hamlet clearly demonstrates an excess of black bile and is arguably the most famous literary melancholic.
- Article
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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'Pathological mourning and childhood mourning'
Date: 1961-1963Reference: PP/BOW/F.3/28Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Archives and manuscripts
(5) 'Pathological mourning, childhood mourning (and defence)'
Date: 1960-1961Reference: PP/BOW/D.3/45/61-64Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Books
- Online
Mourning Dove : a Salishan autobiography / edited by Jay Miller.
Mourning Dove, 1888-1936Date: 1994, ©1990- Archives and manuscripts
'Pathological mourning and psychiatric illness: drafts'
Date: c.1961-1962Reference: PP/BOW/D.3/83Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Books
Mourning and melancholia / [Sigmund Freud].
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.Date: 1957
