‘British diet’ of white bread, butter and chocolate is sending us to an early grave, researchers say

‘British diet’ staples like white bread, butter, jam, fruit juice and chocolate are sending us to an early grave, researchers warn Experts have identified the staples that make the ‘British diet’ so deadly and fuel heart disease The worst culprits include sweetened drinks and table sugar as well as white bread, chocolate and butter  Researchers … Read more

‘British diet’ of white bread, butter and chocolate is sending us to an early grave, researchers say

‘British diet’ staples like white bread, butter, jam, fruit juice and chocolate are sending us to an early grave, researchers warn Experts have identified the staples that make the ‘British diet’ so deadly and fuel heart disease The worst culprits include sweetened drinks and table sugar as well as white bread, chocolate and butter  Researchers … Read more

Woman is named on aborted foetus’ Christian grave without her consent

An Italian woman has revealed how she was horrified to discover that her aborted foetus was buried in a grave marked with her name without her consent.  Marta Loi, from Rome, read about so-called ‘fields of angels’, sections of cemeteries where the remains of foetuses are buried, and wanted to investigate what happened after her own … Read more

Discovery about effigy above Shakespeare’s grave may finally end mystery of what he looked like

It had been believed for centuries that knowledge of how famous playwright William Shakespeare’s really looked was lost forever.  The two existing definitive depictions of the most famous English writer were thought to have been produced after his death, making them less reliable guides. But now, thanks to a ground-breaking discovery, one of them – … Read more

Discovery about effigy above Shakespeare’s grave may finally end mystery of what he looked like

It had been believed for centuries that knowledge of how famous playwright William Shakespeare’s really looked was lost forever.  The two existing definitive depictions of the most famous English writer were thought to have been produced after his death, making them less reliable guides. But now, thanks to a ground-breaking discovery, one of them – … Read more

Prince Harry arranged for flowers to be placed on Princess Diana’s grave in Mother’s Day tribute

Prince Harry arranged for flowers to be placed on Princess Diana’s grave as a poignant tribute on Mother’s Day. Earlier today Prince William and Kate Middleton shared home-made cards from Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, addressed to their ‘Granny Diana’. A week after Harry joined wife Meghan Markle in a bombshell inteview with … Read more

Prince Harry arranged for flowers to be placed on Princess Diana’s grave in Mother’s Day tribute

Prince Harry arranged for flowers to be placed on Princess Diana’s grave as a poignant tribute on Mother’s Day. Earlier today Prince William and Kate Middleton shared home-made cards from Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, addressed to their ‘Granny Diana’. A week after Harry joined wife Meghan Markle in a bombshell inteview with … Read more

Security forces in Myanmar dig up grave of 19-year-old protester and fill it with cement days

Security forces in Myanmar dug up the grave of a 19-year-old protester and filled it with cement after she was shot dead during anti-coup demonstrations. Authorities entered the cemetery in Mandalay just hours after mourners laid Angel, whose real name was Ma Kyal Sin, to rest – claiming an autopsy was required to investigate her … Read more

Mysterious mass grave discovered in Croatia that contains 41 people were slaughtered 6,200 years ago

Mysterious mass grave discovered in Croatia that contains skeletons of unrelated men, women and children who were slaughtered 6,200 years ago Forty-one skeletons were found in a small mass grave in Potočani, Croatia   Experts found the people are from the same society but were largely unrelated  Bones were dated back to the Copper Age Lasinja … Read more

Adam Smith’s grave is included in dossier of sites linked to slavery and colonialism

The ‘Father of Capitalism’ Adam Smith’s grave has been included in Edinburgh City Council’s ‘ludicrously biased’ dossier of sites linked to slavery and colonialism. The Scottish council last year launched a review of Edinburgh’s links to slavery and colonialism in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, led by human rights activist Sir Geoff Palmer. The Slavery and Colonialism … Read more