BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking

Death rituals

From death cafes to bronze age burials, from C19 mourning rings to the way doctors cope.

From death cafes to bronze age burials, C19th mourning rings to the way doctors cope.

Shahidha Bari looks at research showcased in the Being Human Festival at UK universities

Shahidha Bari looks at research showcased in the Being Human Festival at UK universities.

Peter Hitchens; Rev Lucy Winkett; Neil Bartlett: Prof Steve Brown @ Imperial War Museum.

Is public silence still the best way to honour our war dead?

Marie Darrieussecq, Andrew Hussey, Tibor Fischer & Damian Catani on Céline's masterpiece.

Marie Darrieussecq, Andrew Hussey , Tibor Fischer& Damian Catani on Céline's masterpiece

Gillian Clarke, Sabrina Mahfouz and Michael Symmons Roberts respond to the war poet.

Gillian Clarke. Sabrina Mahfouz and Michael Symmons Roberts respond to the war poet.