Tag: centuries

The pursuit of eternal youth goes back centuries. Modern cosmetic surgery is turning it into a reality – for rich people

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An injured man with a bandage around his face speaks to a doctor

Kris Jenner’s “new” face sparked myriad headlines about how she can look so good at 69 years old. While she’s not confirmed what sort of procedures she’s undergone, speculation abounds. As a US reality TV […]

‘They have inspired composers for centuries’: a first for the seven last words of Christ | Classical music

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Composer Alexander Mills

I felt hugely honoured when I was asked to compose a new setting of Christ’s Seven Last Words for Easter this year. I also felt the weight of 500 years of tradition on my shoulders. […]

‘Irish people have faced centuries of discrimination’: why are Lord of the Rings’ accents so offensively bad? | Television

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Owain Arthur as Prince Durin IV, a dwarf, in The Rings of Power.

‘What is this, famine cosplay?” asked Ed Power in the Irish Times after glimpsing the harfoots wandering around Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. In the weeks since then, he […]