Episode 6: Poppy Mardell

January 07, 2024 00:35:17
Episode 6: Poppy Mardell
Living with dying
Episode 6: Poppy Mardell

Jan 07 2024 | 00:35:17

/

Show Notes

Poppy Mardall - today's guest - is a great advocate of talking more about death and dying.  She decided that funerals need a fresh approach and founded a business - called Poppy's - on that basis.  She tells us today what she thinks is wrong with many funerals and how we can improve on them

Other Episodes

Episode

June 09, 2025 00:28:05
Episode Cover

Episode 60: Pippa and Grace

Pippa and Grace were only 16 when their fathers died.  They didn't know each other at the time but met through the counselling offered...

Listen

Episode

May 05, 2025 00:46:09
Episode Cover

Episode 58: Toby Porter

NOT talking about death and dying is 'a profound act of societal self-harm' says Toby Porter CEO of HospiceUK. We mark Dying Matters Awareness...

Listen

Episode

January 05, 2026 00:27:31
Episode Cover

Episode 74: GreenAcres Chiltern Living Memorial Park

For this episode, we visit a Bereavement Group which meets once a month at the GreenAcres Chiltern Living Memorial Park.  Here people who've lost...

Listen