Category: Lucy Coleman Talbot

• 199 Cemeteries To See Before You Die

  

  Following the release of Loren Rhoads new book, 199 Cemeteries to see before you Die.

  Death and the Maiden

  12/12/2017

  Lucy Coleman Talbot

  199 Cemeteries To See Before You Die, Activism, Author, Book, Burial, burial ground, Cemetery, Culture, Experiences, Explorer, Graveyard, History, Interview, Loren Rhoads, Social Change, Travel, Wish You Were Here: Adventures in Cemetery Travel, Writer

• Almost Heaven

  

  Lucy Coleman Talbot interviews director Carol Salter about her new film. A beautifully crafted exploration of life death and love, described as a “vibrant, human story” by The Hollywood Reporter, it follows 17 year old Ying Ling, who is training to become a mortician in one of China’s largest funeral homes.

  Death and the Maiden

  21/09/2017

  Lucy Coleman Talbot

  Almost Heaven, Carol Salter, China, Culture, Experiences, Film, Independant Film, Interview, Picturehouse Central, Real Life

• Sweet Fanny Adams

  

  On this day 149 years ago, eight year old Fanny Adams was brutally murdered by Frederick Baker, a 29 year old solicitor’s clerk. Her grave still stands in Alton Cemetery, adorned lovingly with teddies, tea lights and flowers. Perhaps her name is familiar to you. Maybe you have heard the phrase “Sweet Fanny Adams” or “Sweet…

  Death and the Maiden

  24/08/2016

  Lucy Coleman Talbot

  Alton, Alton Cemetery, Burial, Cemetery, Child Death, Child Murder, Crime, Deadmaidens, Death, England, Expression, Grave, Hampshire, History, Murder, Saying, Sweet FA, Sweet Fanny Adams

• Amy Winehouse, Patron Saint of Camden

  

  Today marks the fifth anniversary of Amy Winehouse’s death. In tribute, Death & the Maidens’ own Lucy Talbot reflects on first hearing the news and celebrates Amy’s legacy by examining the impact her passing had on the place she loved most. Gone but never forgotten. We love you Amy.

  Death and the Maiden

  23/07/2016

  Lucy Coleman Talbot

  Amy Winehouse, Anniversary, Artist, Camden, Celebrate, Celebrity, Celebrity Death, Celebrity Mourning, Deadmaidens, Death, Graffiti, Icon, Iconography, Imagery, Impact, Legend, Music, Musician, Religious Symbolism, Remembrance, Street Art, The 27 Club, Tribute

• The Crime Museum Uncovered

  Yesterday, after six months this long awaited exhibition at the Museum of London came to an end. With plans for New Scotland Yard to close the future of the Metropolitan Police’s infamously known “Black Museum” is uncertain. This carefully curated exhibition allowed the public to experience a selection of the items found inside. Many still…

  Death and the Maiden

  10/04/2016

  Lucy Coleman Talbot

  Crime, Deadmaidens, Death, Ethics, Exhibits, Forensic, History, Investigation, London, Metropolitan Police, Murder, Museum, Museum of London, Object Biography, Objects, Public Display, Society, The Crime Museum, Weapons

• “I think I’d like to change into a sunflower most of all”

  Death & the Maiden’s co-founder Lucy Talbot sees Harold & Maude as the ultimate death positive film. Originally released in 1971, the film was a box office flop. Only in the 1980s did it begin to profit and build a cult following. The lessons that Countess Mathilda Chardin has for young Harold Chasen will change his…

  Death and the Maiden

  10/01/2016

  Lucy Coleman Talbot

  Culture, Deadmaidens, Death, Experiences, Film, Life, Life Cycle, Symbolism, Teachings

• Mrs Blunden of Basingstoke

  

  Lucy Coleman Talbot shares the horrifying tale of her home town. Mrs Blunden, who was not buried alive once… but twice

  Death and the Maiden

  13/08/2015

  Lucy Coleman Talbot

  Basingstoke, Burial, Buried Alive, Cemetery, Coffins, Deadmaidens, Death, Grave, Hampshire, History, Holy Ghost Cemetery, Peace, Story, Willis Museum

• The Winter of Our Lives

  Death & the Maidens’ own Lucy Talbot talks with Dr Monica Williams-Murphy about her role as Emergency Medicine Physician, the experiences that led her to write the wonderful It’s OK to Die and travel across America educating and advocating for a better approach to death and dying. Explaining why we all need to prepare for the…

  Death and the Maiden

  07/06/2015

  Book Club, Interview, Lucy Coleman Talbot

  Change, Deadmaidens, Death, Doctors, Dying, Dying Matters, Education, End of Life, Experiences, Gender Roles, Good Death, Grief, Holistic Approaches, Hospice, Its OK to Die, Life, Life Cycle, Medical Practice, Medicine, Monica Williams-Murphy, Nature, Palliative Care, Preparation, Seasons, Society, Sprituality, Winter

• The Final Girl

  

  The last girl standing has been debated by horror fans and academics alike. We can track her evolution through the main stream of horror but her story existed long before the 1970s. For every final girl we find a fallen woman. Looking back at Victorian fiction we find that sex equaled death long before masked…

  Death and the Maiden

  23/03/2015

  Lucy Coleman Talbot

  Cinema, Deadmaidens, Death, Fallen Women, Fiction, Film, Final Girl, Genre, Gothic, Horror, Imagery, Innocence, Literature, Motherhood, Narrative, Revival, Sex, Slasher Film, Symbolism, Violence