Legacy
Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
Content notes: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues, sex, assisted dying, war
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The Box and the Jar
Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
Content note: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues, grief, suicide, terminal illness, abuse, bereavement
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Waves
Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
Content note: death, dementia, mental health issues, euthanasia/suicide
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Death is not something that can be kept at a distance
Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues, bereavement, pain, terminal illness and the caste system
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André Gorz Tweet
Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
Content note: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues, euthanasia/suicide
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New answers to old questions
Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
Content note: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues, operations, medical procedures, assisted dying, euthanasia
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Hearts Breaking
Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
Content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues,: war, medical operations, suicidal ideation
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Drink Sangria in the park
Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues
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Friendship Part 2
Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues
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We're not in uncharted territory
Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
Content note: Suicide, self harm, death, dementia, old age, mental health issues, bereavement, war, antisemitism, the Nazis, COVID19
info_outlineGeneral content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues
Additional content note: war, medical operations, suicidal ideation
I’m still pretty terrified of my dad stopping existing. He has been such a part of my life that it feels like a world without him in it is impossible. But ever since I was a child, I have been imagining that world. I’ve played out his death so many times. I’ve written it into fiction and songs. I’ve spent hours in my mind going through how it will be. What I might think and do. How it will affect me. How it will affect my family. And I’ve always thought it would probably happen soon. But it never has.
This episode is about confronting death and confronting love. It includes the story of my dad's war and of his heart attack and quadruple heart bypass.
Artwork by my brother Tony Pickering: http://www.pick-art.co.uk/
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