Clemency Burton-Hill: 'There's my life before my brain exploded, and there's my life since'

Clemency Burton-Hill: 'There's my life before my brain exploded, and there's my life since'

During the 17-day coma that followed her catastrophic brain haemorrhage in January 2020, broadcaster, writer and classical music enthusiast Clemency Burton-Hill had a vision. A visitation, in fact. It was, she says, “absolutely, fundamentally true, the most real experience I’ve ever had” to be visited by these “weird little beings” and offered a choice. Either she could go with them and find peace, leaving behind her beloved family “who the bein…