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Shine bright like a diamond: mourning jewellery

Who said your sparkling personality can’t keep shining after you’ve hit the bucket? Say hello to...

Cultural spotlight: Swedish death traditions

From death cleaning to funeral sweets: the Swedish death traditions we’d gladly adopt. ...

Top 10 funeral songs – now that’s what I call mourning

Ever wondered what are some of the top choices for funeral songs? We did some digging. Spoiler alert...

How does a song become ‘your song’?

So how do people choose ‘their song’? Do you have a ‘your song’? Whatever it is, it better n...

Valentine’s Day: The Greatest Acts of Love (part 2)

So, for Valentine’s days we decided to trawl the internet for some of the most beautiful acts of l...

Valentine’s Day: The Greatest Acts of Love (part 1)

As Valentine’s day approaches we have searched through the archives (AKA done some googling…) fo...

Dirty Deathwishes for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrate...

Funerals through the ages: the history and traditions

How have funeral traditions changed over time? Has the modern selfie replaced post-mortem photograph...

Christmas gifts: the ultimate gift of love edition

According to Buddha, “Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak o...

Things to do this Christmas break

Looking for things to do this Christmas break? Look no further. We’re bringing a fountain of idea...

DeadHappy presents: Unusual Christmas traditions from around the world

Christmas is not just tinsel and cross-eyes fairies… Here are some of the weirdest Christmas tradi...

Nobel Prize Day: DeadHappy style

We give you the Nobel Prize’s mischievous evil twin, the Ig Nobel Prize. Celebrating unusual or tr...

Leave it all to the dogs! Our favourite pet deathwishes

Want to make sure Fido is well fed & walked when you die? Maybe take some inspiration from these fou...

Will you be giving this Giving Tuesday..?

What could potentially redeem us from the impulse buys of Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Well, Givin...

Death Row pre-death wishes

Deathrow pre-death wishes: everything from Peas to Peace, our pick of the strangest death row last r...

Putting the FUN in funeral

From glittery coffins, a star wars themed guest dress code or arrival by tractor. Whatever you do fo...

Deathwish of the week, nay month – a penis shaped parting

What do you do when your boss is a ‘colossal knob’? Shower him in sparkly penis shaped glitter ...

Why do we experience a sense of loss for people we’ve never met?

Our resident Queen Honcho talks about her relationship with the 90s legend Rik Mayall....

We built this city* …on sausage rolls, yes really. *deathwish

Who knew sausage rolls evoked so much emotion in people?! In fact, us Brits seem to love them so muc...

What is the Mexican Día de Muertos festival?

Día de Muertos is a holiday to remember the dead. What do we know about it and how can it help us d...

What is the Sicilian Festa dei Morti

What’s this festival called and what is the translation? The Festa dei Morti, which means Fes...

Top 5 horror films to watch this spooky season

Horror movies to keep you trembling this halloween There are certain classics we like to reach for d...

6 fun and spooky Halloween traditions

Why toffee with apple, and other Halloween traditions explained Oh, sweet Halloween. We’ve been wa...

How to build your own Day of the Dead altar

Day of the Dead Altar Building This time five years ago, Day of the Dead found me bereaved, far from...

Death in different cultures

The biggest lessons other cultures can teach us about death It all starts with the fear of death. Pe...

Lucky 13, the weirdest and most wonderful deathwishes ever created.

It’s fairly common for people to make some last wishes before their death. At DeadHappy, that’s ...

Featured Deathwish of the Week!

An Oasis of Irony....

Play dead

What we can learn from our pets...

Competition’s stiff

When it comes to funeral home names...