Simon Smith

September 24, 2025

Dying Conversations – a death cafe | Thursday 25th Sept, 6.30pm, MIC Buckfastleigh

Join us for our next Dying Conversations discussion on Thursday 25th Sept at 6.30pm at the Moor Imagination Centre cafe. This will be an informal and […]
September 18, 2025

Why do we have funerals?

Anthropologist Douglas Davies states that without having some way to deal with death we would not have thrived as a species. Conscious of our mortality we […]
August 11, 2025

Funeral Music – what would you choose?

Music plays a significant part in almost every funeral. Including music in a ceremony is more than just a tradition; it’s an embodiment of emotion, memory, […]
August 4, 2025

Why make a Living Will?

A friend asked me to be his Next Of Kin the other day as he was about to embark on an adventure,“in case anything untoward happens […]
July 17, 2025

Come Rain or Shine

Simon Smith, of Heart & Soul, regularly writes for The Moorlander. Here’s his most recent piece, about summer funerals: Summer funerals can have a very different […]
June 26, 2025

Dying Conversations – a death cafe | Thursday 26th June, 6.30pm, MIC Buckfastleigh

Join us for our next Dying Conversations discussion on Thursday 26th June at 6.30pm at the Moor Imagination Centre cafe. This will be an informal and […]
June 13, 2025

Beautiful Funerals that cost less

A more intimate and personal funeral doesn’t have to cost more and can be more beautiful than one with all the trappings. Here are some ways […]
May 21, 2025

Dying Conversations – a death cafe | Thursday 29th May, 6.30pm, MIC Buckfastleigh

Join us for our next Dying Conversations discussion on Thursday 29th May at 6.30pm at the Moor Imagination Centre cafe. This will be an informal and […]
May 14, 2025

Funeral Wishes

(Flowers by Jane Morrell) When you work in an area it is always eye-opening to be on the other side of the equation. Over the last […]

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