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1 day ago · Signature. George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man ...
1 day ago · The Iliad ( / ˈɪliəd /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized : Iliás, Attic Greek: [iː.li.ás]; " [a poem] about Ilion (Troy) ") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Odyssey, the poem is divided into 24 ...
1 day ago · Early life Cash's boyhood home in Dyess, Arkansas, where he lived from the age of three in 1935 until he finished high school in 1950. The property, pictured here in 2021, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The home was renovated in 2011 to look as it did when Cash lived there as a child. Cash was born J. R. Cash in Kingsland, Arkansas, on February 26, 1932, to Carrie ...
1 day ago · Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.
1 day ago · He added that the itinerary for his attendance at D-Day events was "set weeks ago, before the general election campaign". Mr Sunak has faced criticism for leaving the events in Normandy early ...
