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The European potato failure was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck Northern and Western Europe in the mid-1840s. The time is also known as the Hungry Forties . While the crisis produced excess mortality and suffering across the affected areas, particularly affected were the Scottish Highlands , with the Highland Potato Famine and ...
Arracht (Irish pronunciation: [ˈaɾˠəxt̪ˠ]; 'Monster') is a 2019 Irish period drama film directed and written by Tomás Ó Súilleabháin set during the Great Famine of Ireland. [1] It was selected as the Irish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. [2]
Famine [33] France: 1305: Famine [33] France: 1310: Famine [33] France: 1314–1315 Famine. Dikes collapsed, fields vanished, crops rotted, and livestock died in huge numbers due to the disease "Rinderpest". The price of wheat jumped "8 fold". [8] England: 1315–1317 or 1322: Great Famine of 1315–1317: Europe [34] 7,500,000: 1319–1320 ...
Set against the backdrop of the Great Famine and featuring Australian leads and an unashamedly biased view of history, the film manages to turn human tragedy into a gnarly action film.' [33] Kevin Maher of The Times concluded 'Black 47 is a deeply silly action film'. [34]
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (UK: / p ɑːr ˈ m ɛ n t i eɪ,-ˈ m ɒ n t-/, US: / ˌ p ɑːr m ə n ˈ t j eɪ /; [1] French: [ɑ̃twan oɡystɛ̃ paʁmɑ̃tje]; 12 August 1737 – 13 December 1813) was a French pharmacist and agronomist, best remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe.
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Michael, the upcoming movie about Michael Jackson made in cooperation with his family, is reportedly in need of a major overhaul due to unforeseen legal reasons.. According to a Jan. 23 report ...
[10] Rue Morgue writer Michael Gingold later wrote, in a review of the Blu-ray edition in 2018, that "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes may be one of history's most misunderstood films. It has often been celebrated as a prime example of 'so bad it's funny' cinema, when in fact it's an attempt at intentional comedy that is, at best, a scattershot ...