These endlessly useful wooden structures are ideal for building Halloween creations, and even better, pallets can often be found for free. To create a decorative Halloween coffin, you'll ...

Removing the intricately carved wooden lid revealed a glint of gold: A second coffin was nested inside, complete with gilded mask. Beautifully preserved, it showed the face of a woman with large ...

Another option is a cardboard coffin. "They're tested to exactly the same standard as a wooden coffin” says Gemma Johnson of the Association of Green Funeral Directors. “They can be personalised.

"And it was just her, it was amazing." Hoping to reflect further on her friend's death, Ms Terry signed up for a coffin weaving workshop in northern New South Wales run by basket weaver Zimmi Forest.