Death

Jeff Wheatley was a Coast Guard veteran looking to start a new life in California when he moved in with Drew Payett in early 2010. However within a few months he would meet what would go down as one of the most bizarre and brutal deaths…

This week on Basically... Stefanie talks to David Fanagan about funerals and organising a funeral. What are the first things to do if you find someone close to you dead? What are the first choices you have to make? What are the differences…

Three years ago, I lost my dad suddenly. It was just your average day. I had been cramming for exams, and was as unprepared as usual, mixing up case names, and stumbling on principles. I emerged from my crunchy sweet wrapper filled cave,…

My dad died last April and everything I thought I understood about grief has proven wrong. I have lost relatives and friends, but nothing prepared me for the realisation that I will ll never hear his voice again. Yet, losing a parent is the…

I’m on a first date. All is going well. We’re having the usual pints and chit chat. Getting to know each other in this capacity is easy. You don’t need to know the grisly details just yet. What do you do for a living? Where have you…

There should be no greater example of the pervasiveness of Stan Lee's impact on popular culture than the fact that my own father knew to text me informing me of his passing. While comic books and superheroes have a far bigger following than…

Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker Since emerging as a long in the tooth heritage act, Leonard Cohen’s output has been a lot stronger than it's really had any right to be. Popular Problems and Old Ideas proved to not only be as good as…

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree “If you wanna leave, don’t breathe.” What kind of pain does the loss of a child produce, regardless of their age, let alone of one who hasn’t even reached adulthood? I’ll be honest; I…

Spoilers for a 19-year-old hugely popular video game follow…. There’s an argument to be made for Homer Simpson as the single greatest character in any and all literature. Consider this; Homer is a poor husband, an irresponsible…

Prince, the greatest musical artist to ever walk this planet, has passed away. The temptation when we lose such impossibly outstanding humans is to convince ourselves of their immortality. “He can never truly die.” “He’s one of those people…