I am the editor of The Globe and Mail’s editorial obituaries, which are articles written by journalists about public figures.

“Well,” the wife said, “let me help you out. I’ll tell you what not to write. Do not say I was the life of the party, that my smile lit up a room, or that I never met a stranger. Those phrases, while ...

A Manitoba woman is calling for a ban on third-party websites that aggregate obituaries publicly shared online.

And eight chaotic years (or more?) as president (assuming he makes it that far) guarantee him a monster (and I do indeed use that word advisedly) set of obituaries when he dies, whereas almost a ...

Having reached a certain age and long been fascinated by obituaries, I sometimes think about both Donald Trump’s and my own. At 79, he’s just slightly ...

The writer lived in the Borders and excelled in historical novels which merged the personal and political.

She won a Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1979 and hosted an intellectual salon in the U.S. capital with her husband when ...

The detectives and sheriffs of his stories investigate not merely crime but also the nature of memory and the possibility of ...

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not ...

Following its successful turnaround of Lonmin’s Marikana operation, Sibanye is now focused on unlocking the value embedded in its existing suite of ...

Obituary fans get rare headlining shows across the U.S.

For nearly twenty years I have been writing a column for the Sunday Island. It has been a joyous ride for someone who is not a professional journalist, yet enjoying the thrill and enthusiasm of being ...