Not only did he give permission, LTS, but last Sunday two of his relatives were intending to get to London to see the show. I don't know if they made it, but if they did, I hope they didn't have to pay!

As for "the animals we kill to eat," Shambles, speak for yourself. I don't respect dead bodies, but I do try to respect living ones. So we must be different in every way....

Going back to the point of the whole thing, it was obvious some people in the audience (and perhaps in the television audience too) were uneasy about being in the presence of human death. Von Hagen's well-judged show will have helped some to address that taboo, as it did me.