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British myths and legends inspire beautiful and ferocious new stamp artwork

See how the artist created these miniature representations of myths and legends.

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Fee, fi, fo…Trump: how an ogre won back the White House

Large, fearsome, gluttonous and cruel: Donald Trump is the archetypal ogre. So how did he manage to stomp back for a second term?

The Guardian - UK

17 Years Later, a Legendary Epic Story is Finally Getting the Adaptation It Deserves

Almost two decades after a misguided adaptation, a new and intriguing retelling of the oldest fantasy saga ever is officially in the works.

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Six poems that tell stories about monsters and monstrosity

Poetry isn’t a medium typically associated with towering beasts. Lyric poems tend to be short, tender and concerned with minor everyday incidents. That, or abstract concepts like love and death. Poems also tend to be thought of, wrongly or not, as true accounts – the inverse of creature feature films…

The Conversation

Sparks fly as monster epic Beowulf makes a fiery return

Actor and Beowulf scholar Felix Nobis returns to his celebrated solo performance of the epic tale Beowulf, staged for the first time in a blacksmith's workshop.

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Trump's trial paints him as a clown

Donald Trump contains multitudes and none of them are good

Salon

Grendel: Devil by the Deed Master's Edition reimagines the origins of Matt Wagner's iconic anti-hero

The new volume expands the story from 37 pages to 120!

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Viking procession brings Yorkshire poets’ Beowulf to streets of Huddersfield

New version of the Anglo-Saxon epic features a massive cast of singers, actors and members of the community taking to the streets

The Guardian - UK

BBCSO/Brabbins review – last-minute change adds drama to Beowulf premiere

With Charles Styles stepping in to sing the lead at short notice, the BBCSO’s world premiere of Iain Bell’s Wagnerian cantata had an extra edge

The Guardian - UK

15 years ago, Neil Gaiman wrote the most preposterous monster movie ever

What good is a 1,300-year-old story if you can’t add gratuitous nudity?

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