Oct 8, 2022Liked by Joshi Herrmann, Mollie Simpson
This is a moving, thought provoking and well told article. You left no stone unturned Dani. This man’s life (and untimely death) has not been in vain thanks to your dedication
This article made me cry Dani but it also made me think. In the last year I’ve confronted my own mortality. I’m lucky I have a loving family and lots of friends but there are many people out there who don’t have that support. We see them every day on the streets of the City centre. Perhaps we all need to think about how we value our fellow human beings and how we can make more meaning full connections. I have friends and family members who work with people who need support but their frustration is that people like Tony still have no one they know caring and grieving for them.
What a moving story. This is what I like so much about The Mill. It tells you stories about such 'ordinary' people and it makes you realise that everybody is interesting. Probably you could write an article about anyone you stopped at random in the street.
Oct 8, 2022Liked by Joshi Herrmann, Mollie Simpson, Dani Cole
This is an unusual and tantalising look into the mind of a reporter. When facts are few there comes a moment when the story looks too thin to publish without sketching in some probable facts. Dani describes that moment and the serpent that tempted her. Thanks Dani, for taking us into that dangerous place and conjuring a vicarious thrill that matched Webster's dictionary definition of the word vicarious - "experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another."
Well done Dani. I agree with the comments. So good that you continued to check and research and it is a reminder to us all to question conclusions we jump to in search of answers. Beautifully written too. You carry the reader with you all along. Thank you
This was a very touching and sensitively written article. It was good that people were willing and managed to attend his funeral. Before retirement I used to work as an advice worker for a mental health charity. It was not uncommon to find that my clients were totally isolated, having lost touch or broken off relationships with friends or family members. This happened to me during a lengthy phase of poor mental health, though I was lucky to have my husband who stood by me - and a GP who understood mental illness and was prompt to deliver appropriate treatment.
It would be great if we could form a 'club' [for want of a better word] of people who would be willing to attend funerals in such cases, and who would be prepared to give their contact details to the local authority.
A touching and disturbing story. It also raises questions about the validity of family history research and the ease with which people can harvest information about other families, and connect them to their own, without proper checks being made about identity.
I’m very late to this article, but I wanted to say how brilliant it is. I’m glad you decided to post it, including the mistaken identity detour.
Sharing stories when someone dies is a really important way to grieve, I have to believe there are people from Tony’s past who have shared a story or had a memory of him, whether they know that he died or not.
This is a moving, thought provoking and well told article. You left no stone unturned Dani. This man’s life (and untimely death) has not been in vain thanks to your dedication
This article made me cry Dani but it also made me think. In the last year I’ve confronted my own mortality. I’m lucky I have a loving family and lots of friends but there are many people out there who don’t have that support. We see them every day on the streets of the City centre. Perhaps we all need to think about how we value our fellow human beings and how we can make more meaning full connections. I have friends and family members who work with people who need support but their frustration is that people like Tony still have no one they know caring and grieving for them.
What a moving story. This is what I like so much about The Mill. It tells you stories about such 'ordinary' people and it makes you realise that everybody is interesting. Probably you could write an article about anyone you stopped at random in the street.
This is an unusual and tantalising look into the mind of a reporter. When facts are few there comes a moment when the story looks too thin to publish without sketching in some probable facts. Dani describes that moment and the serpent that tempted her. Thanks Dani, for taking us into that dangerous place and conjuring a vicarious thrill that matched Webster's dictionary definition of the word vicarious - "experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another."
Well done Dani. I agree with the comments. So good that you continued to check and research and it is a reminder to us all to question conclusions we jump to in search of answers. Beautifully written too. You carry the reader with you all along. Thank you
Absolutely brilliant bit of writing.
This was a very touching and sensitively written article. It was good that people were willing and managed to attend his funeral. Before retirement I used to work as an advice worker for a mental health charity. It was not uncommon to find that my clients were totally isolated, having lost touch or broken off relationships with friends or family members. This happened to me during a lengthy phase of poor mental health, though I was lucky to have my husband who stood by me - and a GP who understood mental illness and was prompt to deliver appropriate treatment.
It would be great if we could form a 'club' [for want of a better word] of people who would be willing to attend funerals in such cases, and who would be prepared to give their contact details to the local authority.
A very thought provoking piece Dani. This is why I still subscribe to The Mill.
Fabulous writing and a sad story
Dani, this is a phenomenal article, thanks
A touching and disturbing story. It also raises questions about the validity of family history research and the ease with which people can harvest information about other families, and connect them to their own, without proper checks being made about identity.
Thanks Dani for this sensitively written piece.
Everybody has a story and this sad one was well told.
Beautifully done Dani
Outstanding
Thank you for this deeply moving article, and you honesty and integrity in writing it.
I’m very late to this article, but I wanted to say how brilliant it is. I’m glad you decided to post it, including the mistaken identity detour.
Sharing stories when someone dies is a really important way to grieve, I have to believe there are people from Tony’s past who have shared a story or had a memory of him, whether they know that he died or not.