Dr Andrew Harris became an assistant deputy coroner in London Inner South in 2007 and Senior Coroner in 2010. He enlisted the support of military volunteers to handle the colossal surge in COVID deaths in the first part of this year and is now rebuilding the service with a priority of tackling the backlog of inquests.

Andrew teaches at Queen Mary’s, University of London and has an interest in the portrayal of death in Art and is engaged in research of various aspects of coronial law for publication. In this talk, Andrew traces through art, some of the historical and cultural attitudes to death, and its investigation as a coroner.