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The South East's oldest brewery, based on the year of incorporation, is Oxfordshire's Hook Norton.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

However, Roger Stone, one of Trump’s oldest allies, seemingly helped save her job.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Recently discovered off the coast of Bulgaria was a Greek merchant ship that is estimated to have sunk 2,400 years ago, the oldest known intact shipwreck in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The oldest skin bones in the fossil record may date back 475 million years.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Some of Mama’s oldest clothes were still in the closet, and one or two of Tata's jackets, but her jewelry was missing, along with my grandmother’s gilded egg that opened like a box.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron