On Saturday 8 January 2022, BBC News reported more than 150,000 people in the UK had died within 28 days of a positive Covid test since the pandemic began. Under normal circumstances there are around 600,000 deaths every year in the UK, leaving some 6 million people of all ages significantly bereaved. Bereavement is known […]
The conversation went like this: Customer: ‘Can you help me; do you have any cantaloupe melons?’Assistant: ‘I’ll just check our stock to see if we have any.’ The assistant checked their electronic handset. ‘I’m sorry but we won’t have any until tomorrow morning.’ The reaction from the customer was not what the assistant expected. In […]
“I regret to inform you…” As a consequence of some of the major wars, WW1, WW2, the Vietnam War the following words were used in a letter sent to surviving family members: ‘I regret to inform you…’ There is a moment during the film ‘ Saving Private Ryan’ which shows a middle age woman washing […]
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