What, if any, parts of our modern life will survive 1000 years?
Have you ever wondered what our world might look like a thousand years into the future? Even citing the date 3025 seems to me ...
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The best and worst Angelina Jolie movies, according to critics
"Beowulf" might not have the best reputation now, but at the time it was warmly received by critics. It's an adaptation of the Old English epic poem "Beowulf," and stars Ray Winstone as the ...
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The Strangest Fantasy Movie Ever Made Starred Angelina Jolie, And She Didn't Know She'd Be In It
It's so unique that if you haven't seen it, it's worth your time. Beowulf adapted the classic Old English poem that most people know from their high school English class, and by its nature ...
An Irishman at Oxford: It was an education in being an outsider. I felt alienated from the very start
Studying English literature at the University of Oxford as an Irish undergraduate was an education in being an outsider. I ...
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KS2 History: The Anglo-Saxons. 2: Alfred the Great
It was said that for many weeks he stayed in the house of an old woman. Alfred was disguised ... He is still the only English king to be given the title ‘Great’. Alfred was in his early ...
Forget the Punchline. It’s the Setup to These Jokes That’s Tricky.
Ronny Chieng, Gary Gulman and other comics are experimenting with long buildups that can be audacious … when they work.
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Eketorp, a castle built on the island of Olandia by the ancestors of the Vikings
The name Vikings refers to the inhabitants of Scandinavia who dedicated themselves to plundering other parts of Europe in the ...
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Silent Witness cast: Who stars in the season 28 episode 5 and 6 story Broken?
Tamzin Outhwaite, a 54 year old English actress and presenter ... who has previously starred in The Death of Stalin, Undercover and Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands. Kenneth Rose is played ...
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How midlife became a crisis
Beowulf, the hero of an early Anglo-Saxon poem, likewise does not show signs of slowing down until old age, when a dragon ... across the past century, the English-speaking world has been largely ...
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Midlife wasn’t always a crisis
Beowulf, the hero of an early Anglo-Saxon poem, likewise does not show signs of slowing down until old age, when a dragon ... across the past century, the English-speaking world has been largely ...
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How midlife became a crisis
The shifts associated with being in your 40s and 50s – gray hairs, career doldrums, a longing for something more – seem as inevitable as aging itself. It wasn’t always this way.
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Sutton Hoo Ship's Company to give a talk in Harwich
The ship burial has prompted comparisons to the epic Old English poem Beowulf. Harwich Society chairman Andy Schooler said: “This is a remarkable project and I’m sure that our members will be ...