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Arranging care in later life is expensive. Anyone who has assets above a certain level - including, in some cases, the value of their home - will usually have to pay for some or all of their care ...
The roots of matrilineal, intergenerational violence. The roots of birth, death and everything between in a state where folklore, superstition and myth intermingle with the pervasive influence of ...
Read (and listen to) an exclusive excerpt of Renner's new memoir 'My Next Breath,' in which he revisits the incident and its grueling aftermath left: Flatiron Books Jeremy Renner refuses to be ...
She worked as a folklore consultant on the game and talked to us a bit about why these stories resonate throughout generations. You can find our full interview, right here. Below are some excerpts ...
Jorge Mario Bergoglio — Pope Francis — went home to face his Lord on the morning of Easter Monday, after 12 years on St. Peter’s throne, at the age of 88. From the start of his pontificate, Francis ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What does British springtime smell like? Sweet violets, jonquil, Rose de Mai and orris, according to the ...
So, let's break down his origins as a vampire as an Irish immigrant based on what the film reveals otherwise. In conventional folklore, people get turned into vampires after they are bitten in the ...
Irish folklore, like the island itself, is littered with tales of earth mounds known as fairy forts. The ancient ringforts date back to the Iron Age and have long been entwined with tales of the Aos ...
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The practice of going around for the clúdóg, having a clúdóg and eating a clúdóg are all detailed in the folk accounts in the National Folklore Collection. We need your consent to load this ...
Alexander Paul Burton, who grew up in Catcott, has just published The Hollow Vale: Act I —the first in The Tharion Cycle, a new fantasy saga inspired by the landscapes, history, and folklore of ...