In a crisis it is difficult to go your own way. People fall back to what they are familiar with, which is often church. Choosing a celebrant for a funeral service is still rare. I want people to ...

Until they reach the cemetery, Muslims in Rochester follow sacred traditions when mourning the death of a loved one. A close relative washes the body after death. The body is wrapped in three pieces ...

EVERY WEEK Alison Vallance goes to the funerals of people she has never met. She is a “civil celebrant”, paid by families to lead burial or cremation ceremonies in place of a vicar. Sometimes she ...