Instead of understanding, as James le Fanu
writes, that «the implications of mortality are intrinsic to a proper grasp of the human experience», we
choose to sanitise the things of death, including the language we use to describe it (in Last Things,
Tablet, 29 November 2014, p. 28).
«If you are
choosing between buying your child a
tablet or taking them on a family holiday, consider the profound effects on bonding and brain development; there is no competition,» Sunderland
writes.