Remembrance
Written for anyone who has lost someone they love. On grief, on memory, on the strange quiet ways we carry people with us.
Introducing memorial pages on The Bridge of Lights
When ten candles were lit for the same person in a single day, we wanted them to shine together. Memorial pages give everyone who loved someone one permanent place to gather, light a candle and remember.
What to write on a memorial candle: short messages for someone you’ve lost
How do you fit someone you loved into a single sentence? You don’t have to. Here are some ideas to help you find a few words that feel like them, whoever you’re remembering.
Every light is different now: introducing coloured flames on The Bridge of Lights
Candles on The Bridge of Lights can now burn in blue, purple, yellow or rainbow as well as gold. Choose a colour that stands for a cause close to your heart, or simply one they'd have loved.
Digital legacy: how to protect a lifetime of photos, messages and memories
So much of our lives now sits online: photos, messages, videos, voice notes. Here’s how to make sure yours can be found and kept after you’ve gone, how to look after someone else’s after they’ve died, and where online memorials fit in.
Why people light candles online, and what a digital memorial candle can (and can’t) do
People have lit candles for the dead for thousands of years. Lighting one online is a newer idea, but it comes from the same place. Here’s why people do it, what it can offer, and what it can’t.
Dying Matters Week: why it helps to talk about death before you have to
Every May, Dying Matters Week encourages people across the UK to talk more openly about death, dying and grief. Here’s what it is, why those conversations matter, and some gentle ways to start one.
Creating an online memorial: what to think about, and how to make one that lasts
An online memorial can give you somewhere to remember someone, wherever you are. Here’s what to think about before you make one, and how lighting a permanent candle on The Bridge of Lights works.
Memorial Tattoos: Honouring the People We've Lost Through Ink
Memorial tattoos are one of the most personal ways to carry someone with you forever. From choosing the right design to finding the right artist, here's everything you need to know. Featuring New Waltham based tattooist, Andy Archer.
A permanent candle for someone you've lost. Their name, their years, your words.
There permanently. £1.