Articles for Good Death

Return to Paradise review: Just right for a drizzly British winter evening
1 month ago

Return to Paradise review: Just right for a drizzly British winter evening

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Despite that deep well of emotional damage and ethically questionable behaviour, …

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Inheritance tax is a misnomer – we should rename it ‘good luck’ tax
2 months ago

Inheritance tax is a misnomer – we should rename it ‘good luck’ tax

The Independent  

In response to the “hated death tax”, all I can say is: here we go again! Elisabeth Williams Chipping Norton Attacking priceless art isn’t the right kind of protest Art is part of our world and has been since time immemorial, with the 20,000-year-old Lascaux cave paintings and indigenous art in Australia. Len Bennett Ottawa, Canada America’s track record isn’t …

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Dionne Warwick, 83, cuts off Kate Garraway during Good Morning Britain interview when host brings up her age - seven years after singer's awkward appearance on the show
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Dionne Warwick, 83, cuts off Kate Garraway during Good Morning Britain interview when host brings up her age - seven years after singer's awkward appearance on the show

Daily Mail  

Dionne Warwick cut off Kate Garraway during a Good Morning Britain interview on Thursday, after the presenter brought up the singer's age. Kate Garraway interviewed Dionne Warwick on Good Morning Britain on Thursday but was cut off after bringing up her age In a bid to avoid offending the hitmaker, Kate said: 'You shouldn't mention a woman's age but you're …

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Boney Kapoor REVEALS details about Sridevi's unfortunate death, says 'she used to starve...'
1 year, 2 months ago

Boney Kapoor REVEALS details about Sridevi's unfortunate death, says 'she used to starve...'

India TV News  

The legendary actor, Sridevi, died on February 24, 2018 in Dubai. Boney Kapoor, who did not address Sridevi's death earlier, recently opened up about the incident and shared some shocking details. In his recent interview with The New Indian, Boney Kapoor clarified that Sridevi's death was not natural but accidental. And then, of course, the report which came clearly stated …

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Mountain lions are eating California wild donkeys. Why scientists say this is a good thing
2 years, 2 months ago

Mountain lions are eating California wild donkeys. Why scientists say this is a good thing

LA Times  

An apex predator has been quietly hunting interlopers in Death Valley, and for the first time, the deadly encounter has been captured on camera. “Which is, I think, how you should study them if you want to understand them.” Not only did the study find the donkeys were the “primary recorded prey” of mountain lions in certain areas of the …

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Review: The City of Good Death by Priyanka Champaneri
2 years, 4 months ago

Review: The City of Good Death by Priyanka Champaneri

Hindustan Times  

In Varanasi, death is good business. First-time writer Priyanka Champaneri sets her expansive novel The City of Good Death in Varanasi. The hostel is a place where people bring their dying relatives to breathe their final moments in a city that celebrates death, and where the minutiae of funereal rituals assume gravitas like no place else. “the month of Shraavana …

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Agnipath attracting good numbers: Let’s not politicise it by linking it with Shinzo Abe death
2 years, 5 months ago

Agnipath attracting good numbers: Let’s not politicise it by linking it with Shinzo Abe death

Firstpost  

It was most unfortunate when a few politicians in India called Shinzo Abe’s killer a product of an Agnipath-like scheme. As per the Government of India release, nearly 7,50,000 candidates have registered for recruitment for the Indian Air Force’s 3,000 slots for short-term induction into the armed forces. It is a path-breaking service entry scheme for Indian armed forces. The …

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In The City of Good Death, author Priyanka Champaneri weaves a layered story around a death hostel in Varanasi
3 years, 7 months ago

In The City of Good Death, author Priyanka Champaneri weaves a layered story around a death hostel in Varanasi

Firstpost  

Champaneri’s inspired work juggles the natural and the supernatural, the ghats and the grief that abound in Kashi as well as the rites and rituals surrounding death, with ease. A deeply engrossing work about a death hostel in Kashi [Varanasi>, it weaves into it, the pull of relationships, the deeply embedded belief of ‘a good death’ and the power of …

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