“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” ― Victor Hugo Music – it is powerful, emotive,...

This week is World Celebrant Week, of all things. It feels a little self-indulgent to me, but it has made me to stop for a while to...

Today I conducted the funeral ceremony of a 96 year-old lady, who had lived through more challenges and hardships, but also experienced...

I feel enormously privileged when I talk to bereaved families to plan a loved one’s funeral. At that delicate moment in time when they...

So Clarrie and Eddie Grundy are going to renew their vows! How lovely. Well, at least, if you are a fan of The Archers ! And I am sure...

A candle is such a simple object. A block or cylinder of wax with a central wick that is burned to give light, heat or scent. Is there...

We surround ourselves with our loved ones when we celebrate rites of passage. The end of a life, the joining together of two lives at a...

Easter weekend saw the break the awful but anticipated 10,000 deaths due to Covid-19 in the UK. By the time of writing, this tragic...

This period of lockdown has left many people’s plans in disarray, and none more so than the many couples who were due to marry over the...

Yesterday was my wedding anniversary, and it has made me think about those things that I remember most about that lovely day in 2012....

So 2020 has not turned out to be the year many of us expected it to be. March 2020 and the start of the Covid-19 lockdown - perhaps not...