Graveyards

Death was everywhere for the Victorians, but it was never commonplace

4 May 2024 9:00 am

In a society obsessed with the trappings of grief, funerals were often elaborate occasions, with commemorative medals struck and strict rules applied to the period of mourning

Oh, what a lovely Waugh!

26 March 2016 9:00 am

My father, Evelyn Waugh, enjoyed pretending to be a horror. He wasn’t