BRITISH THEATRE DESIGN: THE MODERN AGE PART 1
WE SEEM TO be on a Brit kick, having recently celebrated BBC TV’s 50 years. Presented here at SimanaitisSays in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow, tidbits from the … Continue reading
CELEBRATING THE BRITS’ EARLY TELLY PART 2
EVERYTHING WAS GOING brilliantly for viewers of BBC’s fledgling television service, at least for those in London who possessed early TV sets in the late 1930s. Tall TV Sets. Cathode-ray … Continue reading
CELEBRATING THE BRITS’ EARLY TELLY PART 1
HAVE YOU BEEN watching a lot of electronic images lately? Me too, including television, opera streaming, GMax aeroplane crafting, and occasional Zooming. I guess I count any screen, be it … Continue reading
DEATH AT THE OPERA MATINEE
TRAGIC DEATHS ARE nothing new to opera. But these two were tragically real. At the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth, January 23, 1988, opera singer Bantcho … Continue reading
1952 “DELLOW” MORGAN
TWO OF MY favorite sports cars are embodied in this one example. Indeed, there were a pair of “Dellow” Morgans manufactured. Theirs is a tale of British resourcefulness confronted with … Continue reading
MAY I “QUOTE” YOU ON THAT?
HERE’S ANOTHER of my tidbits on punctuation, today concerning quote marks. This is part of a continuing series here at SimanaitisSays, most recently with “☞Hurrah for the Manicule.☜” Encouragement for both … Continue reading
SHAKESPEAREAN LOCALES
FOR A GUY from provincial Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare knew his way around the Europe of his day. Here are tidbits on locales of several Shakespeare comedies. We’ll save the tragedies … Continue reading
DELIVERING THE GOODS—A RETROSPECTIVE
MORE THAN A century ago, people came to appreicate motorized delivery of goods. Here are tidbits on Ford’s Model T and the role it played in commercial service. Ford’s Mission. … Continue reading
COVID-19 AND WORLD WAR II
GROUPS AROUND THE United States are pushing for elimination of various lockdowns. Some are using Constitutional rights in their argument, as opposed to health, economic concerns, or simply cabin fever. … Continue reading
LINCOLN AND MATHEMATICS
HERE’S A TELLING commentary about Abraham Lincoln and his times: “He studied and nearly mastered the six books of Euclid since he was a member of Congress.” The source of … Continue reading
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