7 h. ago Oxford academics used cup made from human skull at formal dinners until 2015

Skull’s ‘shameful history’ charted in new book exploring colonial theft of ancestral remains

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15 h. ago Oxford academics drank from cup made from human skull until 2015, book reveals

Decades-long use of chalice at Worcester College highlights violent colonial history of looted human remains, says Prof Dan HicksOxford academics drank from a chalice made from a human skull for decades, a book that explores the violent colonial history of looted human remains has revealed.The skull-cup, fashioned from a sawn-off and polished braincase adorned with a silver rim and stand, was used regularly at formal dinners at Worcester College, Oxford, until 2015, according to Prof Dan Hicks, the curator of world archaeology at the university’s Pitt Rivers Museum. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Oxford academics drank from cup made from human skull, book reveals

Decades-long use of chalice at Worcester College highlights violent colonial history of looted human remains, says Prof Dan HicksOxford academics drank from a chalice made from a human skull for decades, a book that explores the violent colonial history of looted human remains has revealed.The skull-cup, fashioned from a sawn-off and polished braincase adorned with a silver rim and stand, was used regularly at formal dinners at Worcester College, Oxford, until 2015, according to Prof Dan Hicks, the curator of world archaeology at the university’s Pitt Rivers Museum. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Rangers lessons helped Aberdeen book Scottish Cup Final spot as Jimmy Thelin reveals key Hampden difference

The Dons saw off nine man Hearts to book a return to Hampden after Oday Dabbagh's late winner in extra-time

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66 h. ago Jennifer Lopez's producing partner exposes Hollywood's darkest sex secrets in explosive new book

Jennifer Lopez's producing partner is getting ready to reveal some of Hollywood's darkest secrets in a new book.

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3 d. ago Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are in a 'crisis' as she 'hasn't got the status she craves' while Harry's hopes of reconciling with his family are 'totally unrealistic', royal author warns

British writer and former BBC journalist, Tom Bower has claimed he will reveal further bombshells about the couple in an upcoming book about the Sussexes'.

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5 d. ago Calls for former Welsh Secretary to be stripped of peerage over book

Simon Hart has published a book detailing diary extracts which reveal his experiences working with a variety of MPs in Westminster

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8 d. ago Oscar's Book Prize 2025 shortlist revealed: £10,000 prize showcases writing and illustrating talent from across UK

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ALISON BOSHOFF: A bombshell unauthorised Freddie Mercury book is to be published later this year - based on a secret cache of 17 of his diaries.

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Women with disabilities are the biggest minority group in the world, but are still shut out of society. In an extract from her new book, the writer reveals how that is changing – and what more needs to be doneI would like to be able to start this story with a stellar anecdote about how exactly my life imploded. “I was walking down Sunset Boulevard and Harry Styles ran me down in a Ferrari.” “I was dancing on a podium in Ibiza when a falling speaker semi- decapitated me.” In reality, it was much more mundane, as these things inevitably tend to be. I went to the pub and I caught the flu. That was it.I spent Christmas 2017 with what I thought was a regular illness. By February, I was unable to breathe or move. Flu had become flu complications and I was strapped to a ventilator mask. My energy had all but disappeared to the extent that even breathing was a high-end task. In my bedroom, alone, plastic casing enveloped my skin. I looked like Darth Vader, if Darth Vader spent a lot of time...

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4 w. ago Paging Dr Chimp: the medical secrets we can learn from apes, birds and even butterflies

Primates eat bitter bark to kill parasites, while sparrows use cigarette butts to keep ticks off their chicks. Could the wisdom of wildlife be the next frontier in medicine?In Mexico City, house sparrows and house finches are picking up cigarette butts and weaving individual fibres into the lining of their nests. When researchers first discovered the butts – while studying what plastics end up in nests – they assumed it was simply a fluffy material being used as insulation. But through a series of ingenious tests, they discovered that the butts were actually medicinal: the birds actively collected them because the toxin nicotine reduces mites and other blood-sucking parasites. The birds are treating themselves – and their offspring.It’s one of many fascinating examples of animals medicating themselves revealed in Doctors By Nature, a new book by the US-based Dutch academic Jaap de Roode. Apes deliberately swallow leaves to dislodge intestinal worms. Caterpillars switch diets to repe...

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More than a decade has passed since Amanda Knox was freed from prison after serving time for the murder of her 21-year-old roommate Meredith Kercher while studying abroad in Italy. But what happened next? Knox’s new memoir Free: My Search for Meaning reveals the difficulty of reintegrating back into society. Ahead of the book’s release on March 25, Andrea Cavallier takes a look back at the high-profile case.

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