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The wild story behind the unknown nation off the English coast Mediafeed 19 hrs ago © James Bates / TheOutlawOcean.com Sealand On Christmas Eve of 1966, Paddy Roy Bates, a retired British army major, drove a small boat with an outboard motor seven miles off the coast of England into the North Sea. He had sneaked  out of his house in the middle of the night, inspired with a nutty idea  for a perfect gift for his wife, Joan. Using a grappling hook and rope, he clambered onto an abandoned anti-aircraft platform and declared it conquered. He later named it Sealand and deemed it Joan’s.

The Columbus Dispatch Abbey Theater's future is here Five 18-year-olds come of age — after being isolated for 12 years in a village monitored by a future society and connected to the world only by a smartphone with a news feed — in “Future, Here,” Abbey Theater of Dublin’s regional premiere of Jeremy Richter’s play. Performances stream on-demand Thursday (a live-streaming performance) through Sunday. Tickets cost $10. (614-410-4550, dublinohiousa.gov/abbey-theater) Sundance at home Films that play at the annual Sundance Film Festival in Utah typically take months or longer to r...