What better way to wrap up my Fulbright-Nat Geo Fellowship than with a live, unscripted, public presentation to 300+ people at National Geographic Nights.
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Singapore’s development has been a constant exchange of land from the dead to the living. Hear the unexpected story of this trade-off at one 1970s cemetery-turned-housing-project..
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Meet the people changing the UK’s graveyards in this National Geographic UK online photo essay.
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How is technology changing the way we mourn—and how does it impact our planet?
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At the scrappy, underdog west London football club Queens Park Rangers, lifelong fans can become eternal fans.
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Look carefully. The inscriptions you’re reading are on the back of the gravestones. And the inscriptions on the front? They’re much, much newer.
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Sound Memories is a series of sonic portraits portraying varying perspectives on how and where we remember the dead in our changing world. I spoke with Wayne, a gravedigger, about why he stays in a job that some might consider grim.
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The UK is running out of space to bury the dead. But why does this matter? Cemetery manager Ariaf Hussain and urban planner Katie McClymont explain why we need to adapt our cemeteries if we hope to make our countries more inclusive and equitable.
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Sound Memories is a series of audio portraits portraying varying perspectives on how and where we remember the dead in our changing world. I spoke with Ariaf, who manages all of Bristol, England’s public cemeteries and crematories, about the future of cemetery space and the importance of cemetery accessibility.
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How can we use public memorials, cemetery records, and digital archives to gain a more complex understanding of “the war to end all wars?”
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