I have long had an interest in Irish films. There is something fun in the lyrical way they speak, and the movies often hit the perfect note. Here are a few of my suggestions for Irish films, and what makes them unique from the movies produced in Hollywood. Waking Ned Divine: This is the standard ...
In my personal reading I have just completed two books that discuss the origins of the King James Version: In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture, by Alister McGrath, and God’s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible, by Adam ...
Loathe him or love him, see him as villain or hero, Oliver Cromwell played a part in English history that had a lasting significance. But who were the Cromwells? When Oliver Cromwell was born in 1599, the Cromwells were important landowners. Oliver’s father, Robert Cromwell, was the second son of Sir Henry Cromwell (the Golden ...
There is much to see and do in historic London, England, but it is also a city filled with modern conveniences that is living thoroughly in modern times. Ancient castles, artworks from antiquity, and eye-catching modern structures make up the face of London. Many visitors enjoy London, which is English-speaking, as a city that caters ...
For those who have never visited England before, they would be forgiven for thinking that England is a land where it rains all the time and where the people are obsessed with dogs and gardening. England has far more to offer tourists and residents alike. The following 10 suggestions are sites that will be of ...