According to Scotland.org, the phrase 'auld lang syne' roughly translates as 'for old times' sake', and the song is all about preserving old friendships and looking back over the events of the year." ...

At midnight on New Year's Eve, revelers across the globe will sing "Auld Lang Syne," but not everyone knows the lyrics to the ...

Robert Burns wrote down the lyrics to "Auld Lang Syne," and in the almost 250 years since, it's been cemented as the anthem ...

"Auld Lang Syne" as we know it today first came together in the late 1700s, and wasn't initially a song for New Year's Eve.

The poet, terrified of the dons and the public schoolboys, found university a struggle. But it left an indelible mark on his ...

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

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

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands is amongst the quietly announced titles set to release on Netflix in the United States beginning on December 1st. It wasn’t included amongst the official list of new ...

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Puppets, props and professors, oh my! At Beowulf: Cleanup on Isle Fieve, produced by Kenyon College Dance, Drama and Cinema Club, the Bolton Theater was filled with unrestrained laughter and ...