The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning by Alison Binney Andrew Motion supported by Creative Scotland

supported by Creative Scotland

Baer’s poems are sharp observations on modern womanhood

at Smithfield

classics that are everyday timeless

and violence permeate the walls of the home

The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning by Alison Binney Andrew Motion supported by Creative ScotlandPublished 14th April 2025. Swedish death cleaning is the art of de cluttering, often in late middle age, so that your loved ones won't be left to do it after you die. Alison Binney however experienced the opposite, on the day she opened her father's garage door to find a floor to ceiling heap of cardboard boxes, jam jars, paint pots, carpet rolls and garden hoses. With her father diagnosed with Alzheimer's and recently admitted to residential care,