Millie had fantastic recall, unlike mine. Now there are parts of my past – and myself – that I’ll never be able to rememberI was midway through Kathryn Mannix’s With the End in Mind when it happened. It’s a comforting book – the author is a palliative care consultant – that describes the basics of a good death: a diminuendo. The mind fades. The breath slows. Inevitably, gently, life stops.And then I got the call: my sister Millie had died. Her death, at the age of 47, was sudden and unexpected. She was my only sibling – four years younger than me. I put the book down. I’ll probably never finish it.Jason Hazeley is a comedy writer who is partly responsible for TV untellectual Philomena Cunk Continue reading...