The eponymous hero of this work is a Geat from modern-day Sweden, who comes to the aid of the Danish king. In the poem, composed in the eighth century, there is a description of the burial of one ...
Alison Hammond shares hosting duties with the Dick Turpin star, while judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith are back to cast their critical eyes over the bakers' handiwork. The Great British Bake Off ...
Hrothgar is distraught at the death of Ashhere. He calls for Beowulf and the Geat promises to find Grendel's mother and defeat her. A search party tracks Grendel's mother to a lake where she lives ...
“As Samuel Goldwyn said, sending messages is for Western Union. What I am doing conforms to the geat Reithian values [Lord Reith - founder of the BBC] - ‘to entertain, educate and inform.’ ...