Living funerals — where people near the end of life plan and attend their own memorials — are becoming increasingly popular.

"O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done." These evocative lines from Walt Whitman's famous poem encapsulate the emotional weight many of us feel when confronted with the end of a life journey ...

This South Yorkshire funeral director says around half the final goodbyes he now arranges are direct cremations – but what ...