Tone death: Huw Morris on grief and remembrance

‘Dying and death have become increasingly hidden from the living.’

by Huw Morris 30th August 2024

There is a mug in my cupboard that has an image staring back at me. It is a picture of me with three friends, taken in 1980. Two of them subsequently died. One, a few months later after sniffing from an aerosol can. The other, a few years later after a night of drink and drugs. In retrospect my teenage years were very risky. Quite a lot of my friends died. Even the person that took the photo died in a motorcycle accident.