Sure it was glamorous, but the actors and actresses of Old Hollywood suffered enormous abuse in the name of getting the job ...

But to our immense good fortune, Old English poetry has survived, and we know how to read it. The kennings are out there waiting for you — so beautiful, so different and so very, very old.

Michael Rosen explores the evocative Old English words used in daily life a thousand years ago, many of which are still in use now. With the author of The Wordhord, Hana Videen. Show more Michael ...