Arabella Byrne

Arabella Byrne is the co-author of In The Blood: On Mothers, Daughters and Addiction.

The perils of public grief

There is no greater tabula rasa in the public imagination than grief.  Prince Philip’s four children – no strangers to the glare of public interest – now find themselves the target not of global ire, but rather unusually, of collective sympathy. For public figures, the warm light of communal compassion imbues recognition and significance on the lives