I'm trying to zero in on why Dying for Sex is the best thing I've seen in years that manages to make the dying experience feel not entirely awful - tragic, painful, existential - but not awful. Any thoughts?

Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool

So enjoyed this chat with @ivorwilliams.info and @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social 💚

Ivor Williams @ivorwilliams.info · last yr.

Loved talking with @alexevansuk.bsky.social and @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social on The Larger Us podcast. Facing our mortality together isn't just about confronting death. It's about unlocking a deeper appreciation for life. Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1738464/epis...

Loved talking with @alexevansuk.bsky.social and @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social on The Larger Us podcast. Facing our mortality together isn't just about confronting death. It's about unlocking a deeper appreciation for life. Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1738464/epis...

How to die (and live) well - with Ivor Williams - The Larger Us Podcast

Why do those of us in western societies find it so difficult to face the prospect of our deaths, or to grieve collectively for experiences of shared loss? How does unprocessed collective grief - for i...

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Thanks so much everyone who's gotten in touch. I'm keen to speak to just 2-3 more people. If you - or someone you know - has arranged a direct cremation for a loved one, I'd really like to hear how it went for you and your family & friends. Ta to @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social et all for the share!

Ivor Williams @ivorwilliams.info · last yr.

Have you arranged a direct cremation for a loved one? I'd love to talk and hear your experience. 1 hour of your time, online. Calls this week. £30 Amazon voucher as thanks ☺️ DM/reply below to chat. Please share! 📡🙏🏻 @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @dremmaclare.bsky.social @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social

Have you arranged a direct cremation for a loved one? I'd love to talk and hear your experience. 1 hour of your time, online. Calls this week. £30 Amazon voucher as thanks ☺️ DM/reply below to chat. Please share! 📡🙏🏻 @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @dremmaclare.bsky.social @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social

What the hell is THIS? 😷

The adventure of the hero — the adventure of being alive.

UK watching Germany go fash again

rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social · last yr.

brits onlooking the american empire from across the pond

Grief > Grievance

LINTILLA: ...And do you know what it consists of? ARTHUR DENT: Rock? LINTILLA: But it isn’t rock. ARTHUR DENT: Well what is it then? LINTILLA: Shoes. ARTHUR DENT: What?! LINTILLA: Shoes. Billions of them! An entire archaeological layer of compressed shoes. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones

Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists

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Some important points from Simon Jenkins here - but misses what I see as the most important point of how we steward not just the buildings, but also a living spiritual culture. Secular community spaces are necessary but not sufficient for our spiritual health www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Even Prince William doesn’t attend church – it’s time for a new Reformation | Simon Jenkins

The UK is now a secular nation and the Church of England should no longer be one of the central pillars of state, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Death haunts the workplace more than we realise... But its not just healthcare or dangerous jobs - even subtle reminders of mortality shape how we make decisions at work. It changes how we hire. It changes how we judge. It changes how we lead. It changes who we trust. 🔗👇

oh BOY. I've loved this house in Camden foreevverrrr. I can't tell you how often I've fantasised about its interior as I go past it. It's such a rare beauty. A little bit of Kyoto or Santa Cruz in London I don't often get house envy, but *damn*. www.ft.com/content/870...

Holy smokes Joseph

Can't fault Olly for this, but I LOVED the Brutalist. It's the love child of The Fountainhead and There Will Be Blood. Great cinema, in other words. It's not supposed to be a documentary. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

Backlash builds: why the architecture world hates The Brutalist

Brady Corbet’s Oscar-tipped film is clearly based on real-life modernist master Marcel Breuer but brazenly misrepresents him and his revered modernism

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Feeling grateful for the words of James Hollis today, this month, this time, this era we’re in: “Sooner or later each of us is obliged to traverse the savannahs of suffering. Sooner or later evil makes its way into our lives, along with loss, defeat, and the seductive…

For something that reaches the places New Year’s resolutions don’t, let @ivorwilliams.info guide you in reflecting on mortality

Ivor Williams @ivorwilliams.info · 2y ago

From new year reflection to real transformation 🌟 Final 2 spots for Mortals starting next Wednesday! Join us to explore life's deeper questions in community. £160 founding member price. Link in bio! ✨

From new year reflection to real transformation 🌟 Final 2 spots for Mortals starting next Wednesday! Join us to explore life's deeper questions in community. £160 founding member price. Link in bio! ✨

Ever wonder if confronting mortality could help you live more fully? 🤔 Yep, we *go* there, but we do it together – in a 5-week online journey to transform your relationship with life's biggest questions. 2 spots left for next Wed! £160 (reg. £250) Link ⬇️

3 kinds of deep stories that can help us to stay afloat and find our way during moments of crisis and breakdown: 💥 Apocalypse myths 🌳 Restoration myths 👶 Emergence myths Lots more in the latest post on the Good Apocalypse Guide: alexevansuk.substack.com/p/apocalypse...

Apocalypse. Restoration. Emergence.

Three myths to make sense of the polycrisis

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What can Seinfeld teach us about death? In one of my favourite episodes, George Costanza has lunch with an elderly man who casually mentions he's not afraid of dying. The gold hidden in the comic scene is the insight that accepting reality doesn't mean liking it. 🔗⬇️

A timely and welcome piece by Alex Evans about where we can go when faced with collective catastrophe. He revisits some of themes we explored in our pandemic report on collective grief. If your feeling uncertain of the future, it is worth your time. link below…

What if our relationship with death could transform how we live? Join me this Monday at 7pm GMT for a free 45-min session exploring this question. "Through the whole programme, we've talked about life. Not just death... It was actually really happy." Limited spots. Link below ⬇️

Curious about Mortals? Join me for a free webinar on Monday 20th at 7pm: "What To Expect When You're Mortal" ✨ Discover the psychology of mortality awareness and how our 5-week programme helps you live more intentionally. Sign up here: mortals.circle.so/c/mortals-m...

What To Expect When You're Mortal: A free Mortals webinar | Mortals

Join Mortals founder, Ivor Williams, for an intimate 45-minute online session exploring how our relationship with mortality shapes the way we live. What we'll cover: 1. The science and art of mortality awareness Discover how confronting mortality c...

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Die With Me is a chat app you can only use when you have less than 5% battery. The perfect product for this day and age: zeroing in on the human need for connection and the driving desire to get the hell off our phones. Go down in a blaze of connection! diewithme.online/

This book is an inspiring read: a meditation on what people who are sick enough to die, & who then survive, learn from that experience. These are stories about people you'll feel you know, & their wisdom is uplifting. Happy #PubDay, @drmattmorgan.bsky.social bit.ly/A2ndAct

A Second Act: What Nearly Dying Teaches Us About Really Living a book by Dr Matt Morgan.

I’ve worked as a doctor for over twenty years, caring for patients who are in the thick fog between life and death. I’ve met hundreds of people who have died, were resuscitated and lived. I’ve long th...

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This graph shows the emotional stages communities go through after a disaster, like an earthquake or wildfire. But what happens when it's not just one disaster, but lots of them all at once - a polycrisis that feels apocalyptic? alexevansuk.substack.com/p/once-upon-...

Once upon a crisis

How stories help communities to find their way after disasters

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I was reminded of Margaret Wheatley and her Eight Fearless Questions, in conversations this week. It was the first that was swimming around my head, but all 8 are so powerful: 1. How do you call yourself - and is that name big enough to hold your life's work?

My latest writing is out, where I reflect on 3 near death experiences and 1 questionable conclusion... (link below)