Being a Tuesday, I was, of course, joined once more by Margaret Mills, who told us today about, Diana Sperling, a lady known as the “JANE AUSTIN OF ART” who was born close to the Essex/Hertfordshire border towards the end of the 18th century.

Listen here to what Margaret told me this afternoon: –

As hinted by the title shown above, we also reported today about the possibility of a new type of funeral, which may soon be introduced into this country.

Whilst officially still illegal here, so called, “BOIL IN THE BAG FUNERALS” may soon be offered here following the independent Law Commission’s recent consultation into funerary methods.

Already available across 30 US states, as well as Canada and South Africa, the first European water cremation facility, or Resomation, as it’s officially known, opened for business a couple of years ago in Navan, Co Meath, Ireland.

It seems that traditional burials can lead to embalming fluid seeping into the soil, whilst gas-powered cremations release huge amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere, but the release of  carbon dioxide can be cut by almost 90% by using this method, thus making it far more environmentally friendly.

Without going through all the mechanics, at the end of the process around 330 gallons of brown-coloured liquid, smelling like steamed clams, ultimately gets washed down the drain, whilst the softened bones are ground to powder in a reducer, and presented in an urn to the grieving family.

Job done!

I very much hope to have the pleasure of your company again next week, although hopefully we won’t be discussing funerals,
Scott