Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Death comes for all of us, and while the A-list ones dominate the history books – think beheaded queens and assassinated archdukes – for writer Molly Conisbee, there was a lingering question: what was death like for everyone else?
Molly's book, 'No Ordinary Deaths: A People's History of Mortality', is out now.
Alt text: Molly is pictured in the Reading Room at Wellcome Collection, a large brightly-lit space lined with paintings, sculptures and bookshelves. As Molly speaks, we're shown an image of her book's front cover - a black and white design featuring skeletons - and pictures from our collection relating to themes of death and dying.
#history #death #art #grief
Death comes for all of us, and while the A-list ones dominate the history books – think beheaded queens and assassinated archdukes – for writer Molly Conisbee, there was a lingering question: what was death like for everyone else?
Molly's book, 'No Ordinary Deaths: A People's History of Mortality', is out now.
Alt text: Molly is pictured in the Reading Room at Wellcome Collection, a large brightly-lit space lined with paintings, sculptures and bookshelves. As Molly speaks, we're shown an image of her book's front cover - a black and white design featuring skeletons - and pictures from our collection relating to themes of death and dying.
#history #death #art #grief
