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Words against death: Q&A with an anthropologist and theologian
Hear about the incredible power language grants us in the face of death, and why we now favour looking back in retrospect.
‘Yet Another Stupid Death’: the game genre capitalising on one life
How roguelikes offer an experience where any death you suffer in-game is final.
Online memorialisation: tributes in massively multiplayer online games
Acts of remembrance are diverse, but these acts have never been strictly contained to our world.
MEMENTO MAINSTREAMWhere death meets the mainstream. How pop culture shapes the way we imagine the end.
‘Yet Another Stupid Death’: the game genre capitalising on one life
How roguelikes offer an experience where any death you suffer in-game is final.
Online memorialisation: tributes in massively multiplayer online games
Acts of remembrance are diverse, but these acts have never been strictly contained to our world.
Why modern shonen keeps killing off its best characters
Modern shonen has become notorious for killing fan-favourite characters. Yet despite knowing the risks, audiences continue to form deep attachments. Why?
MIND & MORTALITYBig questions, no easy answers. Philosophy, ethics and the human condition.
Words against death: Q&A with an anthropologist and theologian
Hear about the incredible power language grants us in the face of death, and why we now favour looking back in retrospect.
Notes From a Beginner at Dying
Takeaways from Simon Boas’ bestseller A Beginner’s Guide To Dying, as a 20-year old woman who is just learning to live.
12 profound quotes about death that change how we live
From not fearing death to the morbid giving life meaning, here are 12 philosophy quotes to teach us about the finite's effect on us.
DISSECTUnder the surface of life and death. Science, medicine and the mechanics of mortality.
The deadly pull of reaching the top of Everest
In the death zone, cost, pride and exhaustion can make turning back feel harder than climbing on.
Cats can predict death: mythology, culture, and science
It's not only black cats that get a bad rep, cats have historically been associated with death and the afterlife. But can they tell when someone's going to die?
Why do we have dreams about death?
Watch this video to find out why we dream about death, and how the macabre finds its way into our sleep.
LIVING PROOFThe personal side of mortality. Lives shaped by loss, death and what comes after.
How families are remembering loved ones after cremation
For generations, scattering ashes has offered families a meaningful farewell. Today, artists and memorial makers are giving people another choice.
Divided Self: Identity reconstruction after twin death
Loss and grief is a difficult experience that everyone has to go through, heightened in its severity for those who have lost a twin. Elke Spiers speaks to the Lone twin network about how this grief manifests.
Q&A with mortician Victor M. Sweeney
If you missed our live Q&A with Victor M. Sweeney, read to learn about his lived experience preparing the bodies of those who have passed and more.
RELICSWhat the past leaves behind. Histories shaped by death, memory and remembrance.
Why British death superstitions still linger today
Folklore expert Amelia Roberts answers Dead Curious reader's questions about historical British death customs.
Sin-eaters: absolution, with a side of bread
Sin-eating offered the dead one final act of cleansing. A person would eat and drink over the dead, symbolically taking on their sins. Why did this ritual matter, and why did it disappear?
From spooky to silly: why skeletons don’t scare us like they used to
Skeletons were once a medieval warning to fear incoming death. These days our deadly depictions serve us comically. This shift didn't happen overnight.