I have just spent a couple weeks in England, in part for the pleasure of being far away from news of Trump and his works. But every time I spoke, people would hear the accent and say, “Oh, American?” They … Continue reading
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The Tudor Age is endlessly fascinating and dramatic. TV brought us “The Six Wives of Henry the Eighth,” a film offered us Elizabeth’s doomed mother in, “Anne of a Thousand Days,” a trilogy by Ford Maddox Ford was devoted to … Continue reading
In 2016 I watched lot of television, as usual, but a disproportionate amount concerned the election. Very little entertainment there. The exceptions were the late, lamented “With All Due Respect” and “The Circus.” I will also miss Diane Rehm who … Continue reading