SERIES
A Good Death
Series of personal and very powerful essays in which writers ponder the much-neglected art of dying. They ask whether a good death is about just having lived a good life
First Broadcast30 Mar 2009
Latest Broadcast9 Jul 2010
Episodes5
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Arts, Culture & the MediaDocumentariesHealth & WellbeingHistoryReligion & Ethics
Episodes
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The Essay
A repeat of an essay on the art of dying by Beryl Bainbridge, who has just died.
Mar 2009
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The Essay
Baroness Mary Warnock on what we can learn from the Romantics when it comes to dying well.
Apr 2009
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The Essay
Baroness Julia Neuberger on how attitudes to death vary across faith and culture.
Apr 2009
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The Essay
Mary Beard asks what the ancient Romans and Greeks can teach us about the art of dying.
Mar 2009
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The Essay
Celebrated poet and undertaker Thomas Lynch on friendship, ageing and fear of death.
Apr 2009