In the genre of books about death ... way of talking about death which Black argues is healthier for us all. All that Remains: A Life in Death by Sue Black (Doubleday, £16.99), buy it here.

Towards the end of the book there might be a little too much ... but the title harks back to Philip Larkin’s “An Arundel Tomb”. All that remains may be dust but what remains of us is love.