Suzanne Harrington: Why are we in comical denial of death?

It seems unfair that when the time comes for our beloved old dog, she will die peacefully at home, safe and surrounded by family. I’d quite like the same privilege for myself, without my kids being jailed for matricide.

What good are things like flu jabs for people who have had enough of being alive?

Lionel Shriver, a novelist who doesn’t shy away from topics about which we are terminally squeamish — a few years ago she gave us We Need To Talk About Kevin — has done it again, this time about the right to die.

Her latest, Should We Stay Or Should We Go, is about a British couple, Kay and Cyril.