From the elites' philosophical take on the brevity of life to the epitaphs left by butchers, bakers and buffoons, Memento Mori ('Remember you die') shows how the Romans faced up to this world and ...

Was taking pictures, handprints, and footprints of my week-old baby in palliative care so very different ... They would accompany other objects of mourning, or memento mori, such as jewellery ...