What Is Grief?

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Grief is our emotional and ethical response to the loss of someone in whom we have invested our practical identity. We rely upon other beings, other people in particular, to be corner stones of the things that we do in our lives. And as mostly my brad, for her, heart breaking, absolutely heart breaking. Is like her grandmother. Itmein she's going to be greatlymi. I'm the guardian science editor, ean sample, and this is science weekly.

As we collectively mark the loss of the longest-serving monarch in British history and all that she represented on a national scale, many people are feeling a much more personal impact. The Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, talks to Prof Michael Cholbi about what grief is, how losing a public figure can have such a profound impact on our lives, and why there’s value in grieving. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod