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Joy
Paganism
A mock classical ceiling painting depicts modern version of the classical gods.

Joy, Kaos and Assisted Dying

Natalie Garrett
Joy's power, Kaos reviewed, and assisted dying.
1 min read
Authored on
2024-10-14
Podcast
Podcasts
Seen & Unseen Aloud
A close up of a forehead bearing an ash cross marked on it.

Frankenstein, friendship and assisted dying

Natalie Garrett
Revisiting Never Let Me Go, invest in friends, and who will be impacted by assisted dying.
1 min read
Authored on
2025-04-07
Article
Assisted dying
Culture
A tableau shows minature figures of two people, one sitting on a life size syringe and the other stands

Assisted dying and the cult of kindness 

Matthew Hall
I witnessed an assisted death. We need to be honest in the debate about it.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-10-04
Article
Assisted dying
Comment
A black and white picture shows a woman head and shoulders, she is looking up and to the side in an unsure way.

Assisted Dying logic makes perfect sense but imposes a dreadful dilemma

Graham Tomlin
The case for assisted dying appeals to choice and autonomy, yet not all choices are good. It means vast numbers of people will face a terrible choice as their life nears its end.
4 min read
Authored on
2024-10-29
E-book
Assisted dying
A open hand is held out and up towards a strong source of light

Assisted dying: ethical and theological perspectives

Nick Jones
Download the e-book of articles.
1 min read
Authored on
2024-11-08
Snippet
Assisted dying
Care
Four MPs stand at a table with heads bowed.

Assisted dying: truly a black Friday

Graham Tomlin
The UK takes a step into the bleak unknown.
2 min read
Authored on
2024-11-29
Article
Assisted dying
Comment
A parliamentary committee meets, sitting at wooden raised desks in a wood panelled room.

The assisted dying bill is an undignified mess

George Pitcher
Literally life-changing legislation needs a parliament at its best not its worst.
4 min read
Authored on
2025-02-20
Article
Assisted dying
Care
Graffiti reads 'I miss me' with u crossed out under the 'mem'

Assisted dying is not a medical procedure; it is a social one

Henna Cundill
Another vote, and an age-related amendment, highlight the complex community of care.
4 min read
Authored on
2025-05-07
Article
Assisted dying
Creed
A younger hand holds a wrinkled older hand of someone in a bed.

Assisted dying: in praise of being a burden

Jonathan Rowlands
It's not a reason to end a life, it's the very possibility of our being human.
4 min read
Authored on
2024-11-05
Snippet
Assisted dying
Care
white pills form an angle on a blue background

Who holds the keys of death? The logic of assisted dying

Tom Dove
The ethical principle of double effect.
2 min read
Authored on
2024-11-27
Article
Assisted dying
Care
a doctor consults a tablet against the backdrop of a Canadian flag.

The deceptive appeal of assisted dying changes medical practice

Ewan Goligher
In Canada the moral ethos of medicine has shifted dramatically.
8 min read
Authored on
2024-11-13
Article
Assisted dying
Comment
An MP stands and speaks in a parliamentary debate.

The assisted dying debate revealed the real role of Parliament

M. Ciftci
MPs from areas where people are vulnerable and at risk were more sensitive to the dangers.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-12-03
Article
Assisted dying
Care
A close up of a forehead bearing an ash cross marked on it.

I know who will be most affected by legalising assisted dying

Ryan Rodrigues
Contemplating lent revives hard memories and raises fresh fears.
5 min read
Authored on
2025-04-03
Article
Assisted dying
Comment
A single bed, wiith an unmade colourful duvet stands in the corner of a room. A hoist reaches over it from the corner.

Assisted dying hasn’t resolved Swiss end of life debates

Markus Zimmerman
Despite attempts to normalise it, new challenges still arise.
7 min read
Authored on
2024-11-25
Review
Assisted dying
Death & life
In a retirement home, a older person sings karaoke while the person behind waves a hand.

The dying decision: choice, coercion and community

Sian Brookes
A Japanese drama about medical assistance in dying, Plan 75, reveals a lot about our relationlessness.
5 min read
Authored on
2023-05-28
Article
Assisted dying
Death & life
A hand rest gently on another outstretched hand.

Behind the data: the social messages physician assisted suicide sends to the autistic

Henna Cundill
If intense suffering caused by society drives autistic people to seek assisted death, then society has failed.
4 min read
Authored on
2023-11-14
Article
Assisted dying
Care
Members of a parliamentary committee sit at a curving table, in front of which a video screen shows other participants.

Assisted dying’s problems are unsolvable

Jamie Gillies
There’s hollow rhetoric on keeping people safe from coercion.
6 min read
Authored on
2025-02-06
Article
Assisted dying
Comment
A tired-looking doctor sits at a desk dealing with paperwork.

Will clinicians and carers objecting to assisted death be treated as nuisances?

Henna Cundill
The risk and mental cost of forcing someone to act against their conscience.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-10-15
Interview
Culture
Death & life
A woman stands in an autumnal-looking park, with her hands in her pockets

Rediscovering 'ordinary dying'

Robert Wright
On the eve of her Theos annual lecture on 'Death for Beginners', Robert Wright speaks to former palliative care consultant Kathryn Mannix about the need for everyone to re-engage with the process of dying. Part of the Seen & Unseen How to Die Well series.
8 min read
Authored on
2023-10-31
Article
Assisted dying
Care
A open hand hold a pill.

Why end of life agony is not a good reason to allow death on demand

Graham Tomlin
Assisted dying and the unintended consequences of compassion.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-11-27
Explainer
Assisted dying
Comment
A vial and syringe lie on a blue backdrop.

Assisted dying's language points to all our futures

Henna Cundill
Translating ‘lethal injection’ from Dutch releases the strange power of words.
9 min read
Authored on
2024-10-22
Article
Assisted dying
Comment
Empty bus seats are lit in dark neon colours.

No, it is not your life to dispose of

Steve Hellyer
What could not be said about the assisted dying debate
6 min read
Authored on
2024-12-02
Article
Care
Comment
A patient eye view of six surgeons looking down.

NHS: How far do we go to feed the sacred system?

Callum Elwood
Balancing safeguards and economic expediencies after the assisted dying vote.
4 min read
Authored on
2024-12-02
Column
Assisted dying
Comment
A hand rest gently on another outstretched hand.

Polly's pop at a "pitiless God" distorts my argument

George Pitcher
There’s more than one argument for opposing assisted dying.
4 min read
Authored on
2024-07-31
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Creed
A silhouette of a woman's face.
Cancelled but not forgotten, the medieval heretic who still intrigues today
George Pitcher
Creed
Feminism
Monastic life
4 min read
A woman stares away from the camera
Could Lamorna Ash become a Christian in a year?
Lucy Denyer
Belief
Books
Culture
3 min read
Culture
Tom Cruise playing Ethan Hunt in an open necked shirt looks perplexed.
Ethan Hunt is MI Jesus, and it’s ridiculous
Yaroslav Walker
AI
Culture
Film & TV
4 min read
Looking up at the front of Gaudi's cathedra; as the sun comes out from behind the spires.
The late Pope Francis was right – Antoni Gaudi truly was God’s architect
Jonathan Evens
Art
Awe and wonder
Culture
5 min read
Comment
An exercise class underway in a smart gym.
Third Space: the gym that offers belonging, but at a cost
Jessica Norman
Comment
Community
Economics
Hospitality
3 min read
A red Ferrari parked on a posh London Street
Forget the Rich List, wealth needs deeper foundations than money
Jamie Mulvaney
Ambition
Comment
Death & life
Economics
4 min read
Change
A digital billboard on top of a London building reads: Make Earth Day Everyday.
Everything is a movement – and that’s as it should be
Julia Kendal
Change
Community
Justice
Sustainability
5 min read
On a doorstep a man hands a bottle of water to another man.
A day without water tapped into the best of us
Imogen Ball
Care
Change
Community
Easter
2 min read

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