After making his name battling zombies in 28 Days Later and ruling a ruthless gang in Peaky Blinders, Cillian Murphy has now been recognised as a Hollywood heavyweight after winning his first Oscar for playing the father of the atomic bomb in Oppenheimer.

As an actor with a serious reputation and a serious talent, it was refreshing that the first thing to come out of Murphy's mouth w hen he went on stage to accept his best actor statuette was a joyful laugh. Not someone usually given to public displays of emotion, it was clear how much winning an Oscar meant.

He may have been the frontrunner to win throughout awards season, but he was still "a little overwhelmed" to have the Oscar in his hand, he told the audience. Declaring himself "a very proud Irishman" the first Irish-born star to win best actor at the Oscars, in fact - he did then get serious.

Clearly conscious of his winning role as J Robert Oppenheimer, the US theoretical physicist whose work gave humanity the potential for nuclear annihilation, he dedicated the award to "the peacemakers everywhere".

(By: Steven McIntosh and Ian Youngs, Entertainment reporters. bbc.com)

Dance The Night

Dua Lipa

Baby, you can find me under the lights

Diamonds under my eyes

Turn the rhythm up, don't you wanna just

Come along for the ride?

Ooh, my outfit so tight

You can see my heartbeat tonight

I can take the heat, baby, best believe

That's the moment I shine

Cause every romance shakes and it bends

Don't give a damn

When the night's here, I don't do tears

Baby, no chance

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

Watch me dance, dance the night away

My heart could be burning, but you won't see it on

my face

Watch me dance, dance the night away

I still keep the party running, not one hair out of

place

Lately, I've been moving close to the edge

Still be looking my best

I stay on the beat, you can count on me

I ain't missing no steps

Cause every romance shakes and it bends

Don't give a damn

When the night's here, I don't do tears

Baby, no chance

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

Watch me dance, dance the night away

My heart could be burning, but you won't see it on

my face

Watch me dance (dance), dance the night away

(uh-huh)

I still keep the party running, not one hair out of place

When my heart breaks (they'll never see it, never see it)

When my world shakes (I feel alive, I feel alive)

I don't play it safe (ooh)

Don't you know about me? (uh-huh)

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

Even when the tears are flowing like

diamonds on my face

I still keep the party going, not one hair out

of place (yes, I can)

Even when the tears are flowing like

diamonds on my face (yes, I can, yes, I can)

I still keep the party going, not one hair out of place

Watch me dance, dance the night away (uh-huh)

My heart could be burning, but you won't see it on my

face

Watch me (dance) dance, dance the night away

(uh-huh)

I still keep the party running, not one hair out of place

When my heart breaks (they'll never see it, never see

it)

When my world shakes (I feel alive, I feel alive)

I don't play it safe (ooh)

Don't you know about me? (uh-huh)

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

(From: letras.mus.br/dua-lipa/dance-the-night)

Dance The Night

Dua Lipa

Baby, you can find me under the lights

Diamonds under my eyes

Turn the rhythm up, don't you wanna just

Come along for the ride?

Ooh, my outfit so tight

You can see my heartbeat tonight

I can take the heat, baby, best believe

That's the moment I shine

Cause every romance shakes and it bends

Don't give a damn

When the night's here, I don't do tears

Baby, no chance

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

Watch me dance, dance the night away

My heart could be burning, but you won't see it on

my face

Watch me dance, dance the night away

I still keep the party running, not one hair out of

place

Lately, I've been moving close to the edge

Still be looking my best

I stay on the beat, you can count on me

I ain't missing no steps

Cause every romance shakes and it bends

Don't give a damn

When the night's here, I don't do tears

Baby, no chance

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

Watch me dance, dance the night away

My heart could be burning, but you won't see it on

my face

Watch me dance (dance), dance the night away

(uh-huh)

I still keep the party running, not one hair out of place

When my heart breaks (they'll never see it, never see it)

When my world shakes (I feel alive, I feel alive)

I don't play it safe (ooh)

Don't you know about me? (uh-huh)

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

Even when the tears are flowing like

diamonds on my face

I still keep the party going, not one hair out

of place (yes, I can)

Even when the tears are flowing like

diamonds on my face (yes, I can, yes, I can)

I still keep the party going, not one hair out of place

Watch me dance, dance the night away (uh-huh)

My heart could be burning, but you won't see it on my

face

Watch me (dance) dance, dance the night away

(uh-huh)

I still keep the party running, not one hair out of place

When my heart breaks (they'll never see it, never see

it)

When my world shakes (I feel alive, I feel alive)

I don't play it safe (ooh)

Don't you know about me? (uh-huh)

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

(From: letras.mus.br/dua-lipa/dance-the-night)

Dance The Night

Dua Lipa

Baby, you can find me under the lights

Diamonds under my eyes

Turn the rhythm up, don't you wanna just

Come along for the ride?

Ooh, my outfit so tight

You can see my heartbeat tonight

I can take the heat, baby, best believe

That's the moment I shine

Cause every romance shakes and it bends

Don't give a damn

When the night's here, I don't do tears

Baby, no chance

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

Watch me dance, dance the night away

My heart could be burning, but you won't see it on

my face

Watch me dance, dance the night away

I still keep the party running, not one hair out of

place

Lately, I've been moving close to the edge

Still be looking my best

I stay on the beat, you can count on me

I ain't missing no steps

Cause every romance shakes and it bends

Don't give a damn

When the night's here, I don't do tears

Baby, no chance

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

Watch me dance, dance the night away

My heart could be burning, but you won't see it on

my face

Watch me dance (dance), dance the night away

(uh-huh)

I still keep the party running, not one hair out of place

When my heart breaks (they'll never see it, never see it)

When my world shakes (I feel alive, I feel alive)

I don't play it safe (ooh)

Don't you know about me? (uh-huh)

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

Even when the tears are flowing like

diamonds on my face

I still keep the party going, not one hair out

of place (yes, I can)

Even when the tears are flowing like

diamonds on my face (yes, I can, yes, I can)

I still keep the party going, not one hair out of place

Watch me dance, dance the night away (uh-huh)

My heart could be burning, but you won't see it on my

face

Watch me (dance) dance, dance the night away

(uh-huh)

I still keep the party running, not one hair out of place

When my heart breaks (they'll never see it, never see

it)

When my world shakes (I feel alive, I feel alive)

I don't play it safe (ooh)

Don't you know about me? (uh-huh)

I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

(From: letras.mus.br/dua-lipa/dance-the-night)

Ships and seamanship Although shipbuilding in Viking-Age Scandinavia were not fundamentally different from those in other parts of northern Europe, archaeological evidence shows that Viking ships were lighter, slimmer, faster, and thus probably better sailers than the heavier vessels used by the English and, presumably, the Franks at that time.

There are two main reasons for these differences. The first is geographical. In Scandinavia waterways and access to the sea were more important factors in determining the location of settlements than they were in other parts of northern Europe. In Norway and Sweden most people lived near the coast or around large lakes, while the forests and mountains were very sparsely settled. Inland waterways were not only sheltered; they were also routes to the sea. No part of Viking-Age Denmark was far from the sea; it was virtually an archipelago, joined to the Continent by a narrow strip of land, and separated from the interior of the great Scandinavian peninsula by a deep barrier of forest. These natural features also meant that the authority of many rulers in Viking-Age Scandinavia, unlike that of their contemporaries in Europe, to a large extent depended on ships and control of the sea. The extensive empire that Danish kings ruled at the end of the eighth century was to a significant degree based on naval power.

The second reason is historical. Scandinavia was sufficiently remote from the Romans and, later, the Franks for its political and religious life to flourish relatively unaffected by the transformations that occurred in other parts of Europe in the first millennium AD. One feature that survived was the central role of the ship as both a religious and secular symbol, a role that is illustrated by the fact that Bronze-Age stone ship-settings metal representations of ships were already well developed over a thousand years before Christ. The symbolic significance of ships naturally led to refinements in their construction: a fine ship conferred prestige on its owner. In the clash between Christian and Nordic culture that occurred in the Viking Age, ship burials were more frequent than they had previously been, implying that ships had acquired even greater significance as a religious symbol, at least among the pagans who resisted the advance of the new religion.

The symbolic and practical importance of ships in early Scandinavian society resulted in such improvements in ship design that Scandinavians were well equipped in comparison with other north Europeans. The contrast was all the greater because in many parts of Europe one of the main functions of ships had long been to carry cargoes, a purpose for which speed and elegance were not highly prized qualities. On the Atlantic and the North Sea Viking ships met the same challenges as the ships of the English, Frisians, and Franks, but they did so for different reasons.

(From: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings.)