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Douglas Davies

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Douglas Davies is Professor in the Study of Religion and Director of the Centre for Death and Life Studies at Durham University, UK. He is the author of Natural Burial (2012), The Theology of Death (2008) and A Brief History of Death (2004). He is also the editor, along with Lewis Mates, of The Encyclopedia of Cremation (2005).

  • Our other speakers: 
  • Chitra Soundar
  • Tom Huddleston
  • Asma Khan
  • Christopher Frayling
  • Kirsty Allison
  • Justin Myers (The Guyliner)
  • Ken Worpole
  • Adam Kay
  • Rachel Roddy
  • Jemima Burrill
  • Neil Denny
  • Geoffrey Robertson QC
  • Chris Power
  • Margaret Willes
  • Aeron Davis
  • Ian Marchant
  • Andrew Dargue
  • Rhian E Jones
  • Meg Wolitzer
  • Rosalind Jaha
  • Jody Porter
  • Eli Davies
  • Jill Mumford
  • Richard Boon
  • Michael Goldfarb
  • Anna-Marie Crowhurst
  • Nargisse Benkabbou
  • Charlie Craggs
  • Olive Gordon
  • Claire Armitstead
  • Diana Henry
  • Angela Rafferty QC
  • Rachel McCormack
  • Theresa Lola
  • Daniel Francis
  • Tessa Dunlop
  • Tash Willcocks
  • Thurston Moore
  • Tessa Hadley
  • Dr Katharina Lederle
  • Nick Makoha
  • CN Lester
  • Alom Shaha
  • Daniel Trilling
  • Colette McBeth
  • Maggy Van Eijk
  • Stephen Bourne
  • Joe Haddow
  • Suzi Feay
  • Amir Dotan
  • Malcolm Garrett
  • Christine Burns
  • Greta Bellamancina
  • Olivia Laing
  • Tim Wells
  • Claudia Roden
  • Dr. Hannah Dawson
  • Ana Seferovic
  • Niall McDevitt
  • Robyn Travis
  • Daniel Neilson
  • Zack-Ashley Robinson
  • Melanie McGrath
  • Henry Hemming
  • Alex Nunns
  • Dave Haslam
  • Pete Brown
  • Momtaza Mehri
  • Stephen Griffith
  • Akwaaba
  • Andy Stanton
  • Adrian Tierney-Jones
  • Jennifer Nelson
  • Jeremy Reed
  • Robert Montgomery
  • Anna Hart
  • Andy Miller
  • Jill Norman
  • Henny Beaumont
  • Jaega Wise
  • Travis Elborourgh
  • John Crace
  • Jan Noble
  • Barney Ashton-Bullock
  • EmpathyLab
  • Ken Worpole
  • AJ Pearce
  • Caroline Rosie Dent
  • Salena Godden
  • Lucy Mangan
  • Anna Birch
  • Penny Rimbaud
  • Tamsyn Challenger
  • Nancy Pearl
  • Dean Burnett
  • Cath Tate
  • Kathryn Harkup
  • Douglas Davies
  • Emily Hanna Grazebrook
  • Elisabeth Luard
  • Debora Robertson
  • Rosie Wilby
  • Garth Cartwright
  • Kerstin Rodgers
  • Sav Akyuz
  • Luke Harding
  • Kinga Burger
  • Patrick Vernon OBE
  • Emma Gannon
  • Rachael House
  • Nikesh Shukla
  • Clare Mulley
  • Eleonora Marton
  • Samuel Fisher
  • Jamie Lee
  • Martin Rowson
  • Roger Robinson
  • Helen Simpson
  • Ian Dunt
  • Matthew De Abaitua
  • Alex Clark
  • Suzanne O’Sullivan
  • Zoe Gilbert
  • Kate Figes
  • Chelsea Clinton
  • Tim Dee
  • Luke Tredget
  • Gaz Oakley
  • Thom Eagle
  • John O’Farrell
  • Arifa Akbar
  • Aaron Gillies (Technically Ron)
  • The Secret Barrister
  • Jill Johnson
  • Preti Taneja
  • Carla Valentine
  • Ali Smith
  • Laura Wilson
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