Alexander Armstrong: ‘Death is something we should face up to’

Alexander Armstrong thinks we have all become too pious about death. “We’re very good at being sentimental, but we’re not particularly good at facing up to profound truths,” says the presenter, best known for hosting that juggernaut of daytime television, Pointless.

“I think we’re inclined, generally speaking, to be a little bit too pious about lots of things. For the sake of all of us, we could probably dial the pious-y down.”