Royal Mail has included Cornish piskies in its new set of special stamps. The characters, known in Cornish folklore for leading travellers astray with their "pisky lights", are part of an eight-stamp ...

The Old English poem Beowulf recounts how the eponymous hero defended the ... Black Shuck, a spectral hound with fiery eyes, stalks the countryside of East Anglia, foretelling death and destruction.

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Of American poets born after the Civil War, Pound and Eliot have the strongest claim on long attention, though both in recent ...

Pulitzer-winning biographer Ron Chernow will discuss his new biography of Mark Twain on June 10 at Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford.

Royal Mail has revealed images of a new set of stamps illustrating well-known mythical creatures and legendary figures of folklore. Images in the eight stamps feature Beowulf and Grendel ...

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‘Beowulf’ poster art by Ryan Carroll Nelson. Directed by fellow company member Chris Curtis, and inspired by a multitude of sources, Beowulf, A Retelling catapults the imaginations of the audience to ...

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for Dance of Death, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for La Bête, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Waiting For Godot, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for The Rimers of Eldritch ...