Ezekiel Guti: revered Zimbabwean church leader who preached hard work and morals instead of miracles: Guti touring the Middle East in 2022 at the age of 99. Screengrab/YouTube/FIFMI Capetown TV Ezekiel Guti, who has died at the age of 100, was one of the founders of Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (Zaoga). He also established …
Colette at 150: why the scandalous 20th-century writer remains a revered literary figure in France: Colette, as British author Angela Carter pointed out in a wittily perceptive article in 1980, is perhaps the only 20th-century woman writer to be commonly referred to by her surname only. Of course that surname is her father’s – “you …
Frankincense and myrrh have been revered since ancient times – but now they’re under threat: The Magi's latter two gifts to Jesus were natural resins that are becoming increasingly rare. David Jackmanson/Flickr, CC BY-SA Right now, Christmas nativity scenes across the world feature three kings – also known as the “wise men” or Magi – …