Fraudulent funeral

Having set up the “Kingdom of Kubala” in woods on the edge of an industrial estate near Jedburgh, Scotland, in the spring, Kofi Offeh, 36 from Ghana, Jean Gasho, 42, from Zimbabwe and Kaura Taylor, 21

Christmas MOUR NING

For my family, Christmas will never be the same

Reading Laura Mauro’s “Japanese Toilet Ghosts” [FT459:30-35], reminded me of a less well known fear in the Western world, which –according to the modern rabbinical Internet resource site TheTorah.com

A mother vanished at sea, her son – rescued after eight days – said it was an accident, but as a popular new Netflix film examines the evidence, it raises questions about another family death...

’Twas the night before Christmas, and a sadistic killer had a twisted tale to tell...