Sky News anchor Colin Brazier has asked those attending his wife’s funeral not to wear bright colours, requesting that mourners “leave their Hawaiian shirts and pink helium balloons at home” and ...

From coffin clubs to Star Wars themes and parties before you’re actually dead – five ideas for a modern memorial, and one to avoid Charlotte Lytton is a freelance journalist who has worked in ...

Neville Funerals says the idea that a “traditional funeral” must involve black clothing, sombre music and strict ceremony is increasingly out of step with the reality of how families choose to ...

LONDON — In the affluent neighborhood of Crouch End in London, a new business is attracting some attention. The storefront’s blue-and-white facade is airy and minimalist. Three polka-dot vases on ...

As a last statement, our funerals are remarkable as much for their uniformity as for their conclusion of highly personal lives. I was friends with Susan Sontag the last four years of her life. She had ...

For generations, a funeral director’s job changed little because families typically wanted the service to be a solemn, predictable ritual, rooted in religious practices and long-established customs.

In the UK, a traditional funeral typically involves a funeral cortege, and a service with carefully selected readings, music, flowers, and fond memories. For many bereaved families this is the most ...