This month's radio show focussed on dreams, so here are a couple of love poems featuring dreams. In reality, the person you choose to...

This month I focussed on dreams for my radio show Love and Death . Some people like to think of death not as dying but instead as falling...

June's radio show focused on the love that appears in ancient myth, mostly Greek and Roman. Lots of these were quite tragic love...

Even in January, there is life in nature, so this month I decided to find funeral and grief poems that centred around the natural world....

I love attaching meaning to every day occurrences and how this might fit in with my own and others' belief systems and this is never more...

Losing someone is even harder when you don't necessarily believe in an afterlife. Sometimes the metaphor of your loved one going up to...

Lighting a candle is common way to remember a lost one's life, so I decided to explore this in poetry and prose for April's radio show ....

Whether your loved one believed in science rather than God, or simply loved all things scientific, one of these poems might resonate....

June's radio show explored both the idea of myth and specific myths themselves. Listen back here and read below for key poems about myths...

Although technically the UK is a Christian country, many people do not subscribe to a religion or if they do, they aren't particularly...

Fire and light have long been symbols of love so this month I chose tracks and readings with fire and light. You can listen back to the...

This month I decided to get mystical thinking about space and the universe. As you can imagine, stars feature in many metaphors for love,...

Belief and meaning are the focus of February's show . I wanted to explore different religious ideas, prayers and spirituality when not...

This month's show focused on the theme of nature. I chose songs and poetry that were loosely based on all things in the natural world...

I've started a monthly radio show!

Today I visited Poppy's Funerals for their open day, part of the Festival of the Dead which is happening in Tooting this weekend. I...

Did you know... Did you know that you don't need to be filled with formaldehyde? That you can be buried in places other than a churchyard...

Your wedding day should be about you as a couple and reflect your uniqueness. An independent celebrant, like me, can help you personalise...