HISTORICAL FACTS: 25 | History Defined

Oldest complete Hebrew Bible expected to break auction records

Ninth-century Codex Sassoon, critical link between Dead Sea scrolls and today’s Bible, will have estimate of $30m-$50m

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

King Charles' coronation oil 'secretly concocted for 8 months on housing estate in Hull'

Retired church minister and pharmacist Mark Hutton spent months getting items from an ancient list of ingredients based on a recipe in the Bible ready for King Charles' coronation in May

Daily Mirror · Feb 12, 2023

The promise of "engagement chicken"

They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach — but what about my heart?

Salon · Feb 12, 2023

Exhibition lays bare Church of England’s links to slave trade

Artefacts on show at Lambeth Palace Library include a ‘slave bible’, with all mention of ‘freedom’ removed

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023

Rishi Sunak must fight hard to stop a Labour win looking inevitable

Yesterday the Prime Minister and his Cabinet gathered at Chequers for a spot of truth-telling by Isaac Levido, their elections guru. There was to be no “sugarcoating” during Levido’s election strategy briefing, we were told. The presence at the large shiny mahogany table of the Conservatives’ embattled chairman Nadhim Zahawi…

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023

Bible study and work without pay: the shadowy world of sober living homes

In a largely unregulated industry, some residents trying to get sober are made to work 40 hours a week at restaurants – but don’t receive a paycheck

The Guardian - US · Jan 26, 2023

Five students on church trip die in fiery car crash after devastating pile-up

The students had been headed home to Arkansas, in the US, from Jackson Hole after visiting Jackson Hole Bible College, when they were involved in a deadly pile-up

Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023

Wes Moore takes oath of office as Maryland’s first Black governor

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Wes Moore, placing his hand on a Bible once owned by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, took his oath of office Wednesday to become Maryland’s 63rd governor, the state’s first and the country’s only current Black chief executive.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023

Wes Moore takes oath of office as Maryland’s first Black governor

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Wes Moore, placing his hand on a Bible once owned by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, took his oath of office Wednesday to become Maryland’s 63rd governor, the state’s first and the country’s only current Black chief executive.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023

A Welsh dad's cookbook has become the 'air fryer bible'

David Small starting experimenting with recipes during lockdown

Wales Online · Jan 16, 2023