From Karin Slaughter’s gripping latest to The Lightness by Emily Temple, Jean-Baptiste Andrea’s latest and a fierce story by Elizabeth Wetmore, this week’s best new fiction By John Williams and Anthony Gardner and Hephzibah Anderson and Madeleine Feeny Published: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 The Silent Wife Karin … Read more
Police have launched a probe into a care home which was ordered to close after 15 residents died following a major outbreak of coronavirus. Temple Court in Kettering, Northamptonshire, was forced to shut its doors following the Covid-19 related deaths of patients who were sent there after being discharged from hospital. The home is now … Read more
A Mayan temple discovered in Mexico is 3,000-years-old, making it the civilisations ‘oldest monument’ and no statues to the elite hints at a more egalitarian society. The temple site in Tabasco, Mexico, was discovered by archaeologists from the University of Arizona and an international team during an expedition in 2017. The site, called Aquada Fénix, is … Read more
Worshippers at a Jewish temple dating back more than 2,700 years likely smoked cannabis during cultic ceremonies, ancient Israeli limestone reveals. Analysis of material on two Iron Age altars, discovered at the entrance to a shrine in Israel, were found to contain cannabis, as well as frankincense. Renowned as one of the gifts brought by … Read more
As fans wait for The Walking Dead to return for its 11th season this fall, some interesting details have surfaced about a character who has come and gone. Lew Temple portrayed the prisoner Axel in the first half of Season 3, one of the prisoners whose home is taken over by Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) … Read more
Star fund manager Alastair Mundy has been put on long-term sick leave, prompting the board of £509million investment trust Temple Bar to give notice to existing managers Ninety One. The announcement came after the board confirmed last week that Mundy would be taking an extended leave of absence for health reasons, though said these were … Read more