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Sep 2016 · Blog
Rempstone moved its church some centuries ago. Its old graveyard remains behind scraggly hedges in the centre of a field, a yew tree breaking through the box tombs. My father Cyril Goodman now lies…
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My mother had a clear spell in her illness in which to discuss her funeral. She chose a service in the chapel of Loughborough’s convent. Her coffin was woven out of willow. Cars followed…
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Julian Barnes agreed to come and talk to students at Hull about his book A Sense of an Ending on one condition – he would be taken to visit the grave of Philip Larkin.…
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