H. Ryder Haggard’s Ayesha, a powerful African queen with supernatural powers, appeared in his best selling novel of 1887 “She.” Ayesha was also known to those she ruled as She Who Must Be Obeyed. Almost a hundred years later Rumple … Continue reading
Hayden Keith Monroe
I’m hooked on the TV series, “Slow Horses” based on novels by Mick Herron. They concern MI6 workers who have bungled assignments and been banished to the purgatory of Slough House where they can do less harm. It’s presided over … Continue reading
We are ten months away from the presidential election of 2024 which is shaping up as among the weirdest in American history. For starters there’s the issue of the geriatric candidates. Biden is already the oldest man to hold the … Continue reading