April 2019

The grief that comes from lost buildings

Across the world, destruction of cultural attractions causes a specific sort of communal grief. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47952725 Parisians have spoken about how the devastating fire at Notre-Dame cathedral has made them think about identity, memory and shared culture. Here, people from other countries talk about their experiences seeing important sights destroyed – some under very different circumstances.

Prince Harry on walking behind his Mom's coffin…

Harry had previously said walking behind her coffin aged 12 was something no child “should be asked to do”. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41017659 He has now told the BBC he doesn’t “have an opinion whether that was right or wrong”, but “looking back on it”, he is glad to have been part of the day.