AMERICA—AS SEEN AT A LONDON EXHIBIT
CHARLOTTE JANSEN OFFERS “PORTRAIT OF A CITY Review—Master Photographers Capture the U.S. Cityscape In All Its Grime, Grit and Glory,” The Guardian, July 28, 2026. She reviews an exhibit at … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR PROFESSOR GIBSON—AND THE HIDDEN MADAGASCAR!
HA! IT SOUNDS LIKE AN EXPECTED ESSAY TOPIC ON THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: “Make at least one clear comparison between factory/industry work then and work or technology today.” But Alcorn State … Continue reading
MYRNA LOY—MORE THAN A SLEUTH’S WIFE
I’VE OFTEN ENJOYED MYRNA LOY portraying Nora Charles, wife of sleuth Nick Charles. And I recently encountered her in other roles in two media: Turner Classic Movies and SiriusXM “Radio … Continue reading
CLASSICAL BRITS WITH REMOVABLE “HOODS” PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE BEGAN CHERRY-PICKING from Classic & Sports Car‘s “35 Brilliant British Classic Convertible Cars.” Today in Part 2, we continue—and even add a car inexplicably missing from the C&SC … Continue reading
CLASSIC BRITS WITH REMOVABLE “HOODS” PART 1
THE TITLE “35 BRILLIANT BRITISH CLASSIC CONVERTIBLE CARS” in Classic & Sports Car online caught my eye, what with my having owned several of the breed. Here, in Parts 1 … Continue reading
PUNCTUATION, LOUD AND CLEAR
IN A REVIEW OF FLORENCE HAZRAT’S On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World, Judith Shulevitz writes “Punctuation: A Generational Divide,” The Atlantic, August 2026. Indeed, … Continue reading
AFFINITY, LOVE, AND JOY IN OLD-TIME RADIO
I FEEL AFFINITY for Frank Lovejoy’s old-time radio portrayal of Randy Stone, night-beat reporter for the Chicago Star. In real life, Daughter Beth, Michael, and their two kids, Lilly and … Continue reading
WWHD—WHAT WOULD HOLMES DRIVE?
I RECENTLY HAD THE DELIGHT (AND HONOR) OF BEING INTERVIEWED on the “I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere” Podcast with Baker Street Irregulars Scott Monty and Burt Wolder. With due respect to … Continue reading
ON THE VERNE BRAND PART 2
PART 1 STARTED WITH RAYMOND N. MACKENZIE’S LRB review of Jules Verne’s Journey to the Moon, a new translation of both his De la Terre à la Lune and its … Continue reading
ON THE VERNE BRAND PART 1
RAYMOND N. MACKINZIE OBSERVES, “By the last decades of the 19th century, Jules Verne was less a writer than a brand—one carefully cultivated by his publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel—promising a specific … Continue reading
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