‘Architect of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Little Richard was laid to rest at his alma mater Oakwood University, a historically black college in Huntsville, Alabama, Wednesday after he passed away from bone cancer earlier this month. The legendary singer, who was 87 when he died in Tullahoma, Tennessee on May 9, was laid to rest during … Read more
Coronavirus dead across New York could be temporarily buried on the city’s famous Hart Island, where unclaimed and unidentified bodies are buried by prison inmates in mass graves, as morgues across the city continue to overflow and the death toll ticks up. Hart Island is ordinarily used to bury unidentified or unclaimed bodies. It was … Read more
Skeletal remains of a shipwreck have appeared on the Maine coastline nearly every 20 years, but have remained a mystery for more than six decades – until now. Researchers have finally identified the wooden wreck as a British cargo ship that dates back before the Revolutionary War – making it older than America itself. Using … Read more
Highway to Heaven: South African traditional leader is buried inside his Mercedes Benz, with his hands on the wheel Chief Tshekede Pitso, 72, is believed to have collapsed and died from old age The United Democratic Movement politician ‘spent much of his time’ in the car He specified to his three daughters and two sons … Read more
Britain was a fractious nation in the 7th Century AD, still looking for stability several centuries after the collapse of the Roman empire. At this point, various kings ruled over different regions of land and many languages and religions dominated certain locales. The exact date of the church is not known, but it is though … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK THE MOTHER OF BEAUTY by Nigel Andrew (Thorntree Press £10, 244 pp) We English have a world-class literature, it is often said, with Dickens and Shakespeare, but we’re not so good on art and music. If it’s great symphonies you want, you have to turn to Germany and Austria; for painting and … Read more