J. R. R. Tolkien was a poet at heart. Charmed by the sound of language, he was influenced by everything from the poem The ...

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough takes a look at the latest research shaping our understanding of the great Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf. She’ll be finding out about the insights that digital approaches are ...

Tolkien used his scholarly familiarity with ancient storytelling modes to create a a world so vast it spills off of the page.

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Erik is a writer based in Arizona. He's written about video games and the entertainment industry for over a decade, and previously covered politics and culture. He also runs a Substack newsletter ...

A group of friends sit around a table sharing stories and sipping mead. The men sport beards and the women sip from drinking horns – but these aren’t Vikings, they’re modern-day hipsters. The 21st ...

A movie is in the works based on the epic poem 'Beowulf'. It's being produced by The Jim Henson Company and plans to cast popular actors such as Jeff Bridges, Dave Bautista, Bryan Cranston. The Jim ...

The motion-captured adaptation of an Anglo-Saxon epic poem by the man behind cuddly caper The Polar Express? On paper, 2007’s Beowulf didn’t seem like the type of film to spark a multiplex stampede of ...

More than two centuries after the death of writer and lyricist Robert Burns, his words are still recited around the world on New Year's Eve. Auld Lang Syne might be the Scot's most famous poem, but he ...

Inspired by the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf which charts the fortunes of the mighty warrior himself but also the fortunes of the Geats, Swedes and more of the period, this Kickstarter aims to bring ...