Life’s End and Humanist Funerals. By Matthew Engelke. Princeton University Press. 280 pp. $26.95. “Even if you avoid thinking ...

When Hayley Cropper made her debut on Coronation Street, in 1998, she was the first transgender character in UK soap history. As Stuart Jeffries recently pointed out, it helped to spark a national ...

Funeral directors need to be aware of the needs of non-religious people. A unique investigation into the subject funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) provides a snapshot of a ...

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Dale Winton is being laid to rest in a humanist service today after his death at the age of 62. The service will begin at 1pm in London at Old Church, 1 Marleybone Road, with Gloria Hunniford, Craig ...

HUMANISM is essentially a non-religious belief system that says THIS life is the only life we have. Here’s everything you need to know about the Humanist philosophy and where it comes from… Humanism ...

The British Humanist Association (BHA) launched a defence today of the right for everyone to have a funeral of their choice, in response to Church of England vicar Reverend Ed Tomlinson’s assault on ...

Twenty years ago my life changed dramatically. Having retired early from a career in business, I was wondering what I would do next when I attended a funeral that would provide the inspiration I ...

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Funeral directors need to be aware of the needs of non-religious people. A unique investigation into the subject funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) provides a snapshot of a ...

HUMANISM is essentially a non-religious belief system that says THIS life is the only life we have. Here’s everything you need to know about the Humanist philosophy and where it comes from… Humanism ...