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History is full of strange people who have managed to occupy their own corner of the odd. Back in the 15th century, Roger Bolingbroke was considered to be a well-respected man of learning, a well-known Oxford scholar serving as a cleric, magister, and part of the household of Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, acting as the personal clerk to the Duke’s wife, Duchess Eleanor Cobham. In addition to this, Bolingbroke was into astrology and alchemy, even giving horoscope readings for ...

Might Richard III have recovered his reputation and could he have consigned the Tudors to historical obscurity?

Posted on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 by Hoai-Tran Bui There’s the temptation every year to say, “This was a bad year for movies,” which is rarely ever the case. But 2020 certainly flirted with that idea, with the pandemic pushing many studio films to next year and making all other films nearly impossible to watch without a press badge at a film festival. More than anything, it was a weird year for movies, a year where entertainment became a safe haven from the horrors of reality and whe...

Robyn Goodfellowe is not afraid of wolves. And despite the strict rules that govern her new life in a new town, she just wants to go out hunting with her father. After sneaking outside the walls of Kilkenny, Ireland, with her trusty falcon and crossbow, Robyn quickly learns she isn’t as prepared for the realities of the task as she believed. Leading the pack of wolves that reside in the forest are Mebh Óg MacTíre and her mother Moll — the last of the magical Wolfwalkers. And meeting Mebh ...

Gold coin of Oliver Cromwell struck in 1656 is to be auctioned for an estimated £150,000 By Daily Mail Reporter 01:19 28 Dec 2020, updated 01:23 28 Dec 2020 118 shares On the reverse is a crowned shield and both sides have Latin on the edges  Coin is believed to be one of only 12 in existence and is to be sold next month  A 364-year-old gold coin bearing a portrait of Oliver Cromwell is to be auctioned for an estimated £150,000. The 50 shilling piece ...

Soul, and Meryl Streep in Let Them All Talk. Warner Bros. / Disney/Pixar / HBO The year is nearly over, and the holidays often mean extra time for getting cozy on the couch with some eggnog and a pile of cookies, in front of a good movie. Given public health concerns and ongoing widespread theater closings in the US, most of 2020’s best movies are available to watch right now via streaming services and digital rentals. A few of those movies are still quite new, thanks to a bumper crop of De...

A scene from Cartoon Saloons animated movie Wolfwalkers on Apple TV+ Last Saturday, the memories came flooding back for the schoolgirl when she visited an exhibition running at Kilkenny’s Butler Gallery which features original drawings, artists sketches, woodblock-type prints and behind-the-scenes videos. The exhibition will have a series of talks live every Wednesday until March 16 starting with one with the movie’s directors, Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, on January 20. Walking around imme...

“ Ross was an art director on Song of the sea doing concept work. We were members of young Irish filmmakers as kids and we knew each other since we were about 11 in school, so we had a fairly easy shorthand already. We’re a bit of an old married couple at this stage.” Ross: “ Tomm and myself would have grown up, getting inspired by the same films, same graphic novels, we share very similar tastes in visuals. So it was one of the easier parts of co-directing in that, from the very start...

Tomm Moore and Cartoon Saloon, the studio he co-founded in Kilkenny, Ireland, have been breathing magical life into the old-school world of hand-drawn animation since 1999. Moore’s two previous features films, The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea, were both nominated for Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, and all signs point to Moore and his co-director, Ross Stewart, continuing that streak with the highly acclaimed Wolfwalkers, which premiered on AppleTV+ on December 11. This...

‘Wolfwalkers’ is magnificent sight fur sore eyes Apple/Courtesy Grade: 4.5/5.0 Filmmakers Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart reimagine the wondrous worlds of Irish folklore in their new animated movie, “Wolfwalkers.” The film comes from Cartoon Saloon, the studio that created the Academy Award-nominated films “The Secret of Kells,” “Song of the Sea” and “The Breadwinner.”  “Wolfwalkers” transports viewers to Kilkenny, Ireland in 1650, where a young, wily girl named Robyn Goodf...