STELLA CHIWESHE OBITUARY
Stella Chiweshe Obituary
Stella Chiweshe, who has died aged 76, was a rebel musician who transformed the music scene in Zimbabwe in the 1970s, when the country was still white-ruled Rhodesia. She did so by daring to play the mbira, the “thumb piano”, a small instrument with 22 to 28 metal keys, flattened at the playing end and attached to a wooden resonating box.
ALI AHMED ASLAM DEATH: CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA ‘INVENTOR’ DIES AT AGE 77
Ali Ahmed Aslam death: Chicken tikka masala ‘inventor’ dies at age 77
Ali Ahmed Aslam, the chef who is said to have come up with the recipe for the ubiquitous chicken tikka masala, has died at the age of 77.
The news was announced by the chef’s Shish Mahal restaurant in Glasgow earlier this week.
“Hey, Shish Snobs... Mr Ali passed away this morning... We are all absolutely devastated and heartbroken,” it said.
Aslam’s funeral was held at Glasgow Central Mosque on Tuesday (20 December). The cause of his death hasn’t been revealed.
The late chef’s nephew Andleeb Ahmed told AFP that “he would eat lunch in his restaurant every day”.
“The restaurant was his life. The chefs would make curry for him. I am not sure if he often ate chicken tikka masala,” Ahmed added.
In a 2009 interview, Aslam said he came up with the recipe for chicken tikka masala after a customer complained that his chicken tikka was too dry.
“Chicken tikka masala was invented in this restaurant, we used to make chicken tikka, and one day a customer said, ‘I’d take some sauce with that, this is a bit dry’,” Ali said.
“We thought we’d better cook the chicken with some sauce. So from here, we cooked chicken tikka with a sauce that contains yogurt, cream, and spices.”
Soon after, the dish became a popular item in many British restaurants.
Aslam was born in Pakistan and moved to Glasgow as a young boy before opening Shish Mahal in the city’s west end in 1964.
In 2009, the Labour MP for Glasgow Central, Mohammad Sarwar, called for the city to be officially recognised as the home of the chicken tikka masala.
He also campaigned for Glasgow to be given EU Protected Designation of Origin status for the curry.
But he was unsuccesful as many other estabilishments also claimed to have invented the dish.
While the exact origin of the dish is not known, chefs from south Asia have been responsible for introducing the region’s several cuisines into the UK.
Reference: The Independent: Story by Peony Hirwani
ACTOR FRED WARD HAS DIED, AGED 79
Actor Fred Ward has died, aged 79
The news of the ‘Tremors’ star was confirmed by his publicist Ron Hoffman, but he did not provide a cause or location, respecting his family’s wishes.
About his May 8 passing, Ron told PEOPLE: "It was Fred Ward's wish that any memorial tributes be made in the form of donations to the Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center.”
After being born and raised in San Diego, Fred - who worked in Hollywood for more than four decades - served in the US Air Force for three years and worked as a lumberjack in Alaska and other odd jobs before breaking into acting.
After working in television, he got his big break with the 1974 movie ‘Ginger in the Morning’, before going on to appear in shows such as ‘Quincy’, ‘M.E’, and the ‘The Incredible Hulk’.
The Golden Globe winner went on to add ‘The Right Stuff’ and ‘Henry and June’ to his credit list, among other projects, including the 1996 sequel to ‘Tremors’ and worked alongside Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh in 'Miami Blues', playing Officer Hoke Moseley,
In the 00s, Fred appeared in shows such as 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'ER'. His last project was the 2015 series ‘True Detective’ - that also starred Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey - as the character Eddie Velcoro.
Ron is survived by his wife Marie-France Ward - who he was married to for 27 years - and his son Django Ward, from a previous relationship.
GIN, MUGGINGS AND SECRET SLAVERY: WHAT LIFE IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND WAS REALLY LIKE
GIN, MUGGINGS AND SECRET SLAVERY: WHAT LIFE IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND WAS REALLY LIKE
eorgian England. Those words conjure up a scene from a Jane Austen novel, with elegantly dressed ladies taking tea or promenading along sweeping Regency terraces, hoping to catch the eye of a “single man in possession of a good fortune”. It was the era of spa towns and pleasure gardens, powdered wigs and smelling salts, all presided over by a strict code of morality and etiquette.
Reference: The Telegraph: Story by Tracy Borman
Human bone older than Stonehenge and Egypt's Pyramids of Giza found in River Thames
Human bone older than Stonehenge and Egypt's Pyramids of Giza found in River Thames
A man found a human bone older than both Stonehenge and Egypt's Pyramids of Giza while out rowing on the River Thames in London. Graphic designer Simon Hunt saw the human femur, or upper leg bone, lying on the pebbles and rocks of the riverbed one morning.
When he first saw it, Simon couldn't tell how old it was, so called the police to report his find.
"It looked very old, but part of me was thinking what if it isn't?" he told the BBC. "I have no idea what a bone would look like if it had only been in the water for two years, so what if it was something more sinister?"
Matt Mawson A man found the bone while out rowing on the Thames
He picked up the bone and put it in a clear plastic bag to take it home. When he called police, they asked him to show them where he had found the bone so they could investigate. Unfortunately, the tide had come in and the spot was underwater by the time officers arrived.
The police decided to send the bone for lab testing, which took several months. Eventually, investigators called Simon to tell him to come to the police station to collect it.
"They told me it was old, and asked me to guess when it was from. My own frame of reference for old things that are tangible is sort of medieval, but I was way off," Simon said.
The bone came from the late British Neolithic period between 3516 and 3365 BC, making it older than both Stonehenge and Egypt's Pyramids of Giza.
An archaeologist estimated the person's height as 5ft 7in, but they couldn't tell what the person's gender was.
"People have said to me they think it's weird that I found it in London, but we have to remember there was no London then," Simon said. "I think it must've been in mud or something, as it's so well-preserved, and then it was disturbed and found its way to me in the river."
Eventually, Simon hopes the bone will go to the Museum of London, but for now its sat in his house "somewhere where the cat can't have a nibble".
"I want to be respectful because this was a person," he said. "This bone was part of someone's leg, who was walking around here more than 5,000 years ago."
You usually need a licence from the Port of London Authority to go mudlarking to search for items of value lying on the banks of the Thames, as it is illegal to remove artefacts from the foreshore without one. But Simon was carrying out his civic duty and has not received any complaints, according to the BBC.
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