THE SAVOYARDS, PHANTASMAGORIAS, AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE BROADWAY MUSICALS
I’VE BEEN ENJOYING The Cinema in Flux, Lenny Lipton’s 795-page celebration of everything from magic lanterns to digital projection. Tidbits here are about itinerant lanternists, some scaring the bejesus out … Continue reading
THE WHALE’S WONDERFUL NET
IMAGINE THE CHALLENGES CONFRONTING terrestrial ancestors of dolphins and whales: Exponential increases in drag forces when moving through water, higher hydrostatic pressures at depth, and extreme breath-holding requirements to function … Continue reading
MANNEY ON MATTERS GUSTATORY PART 3
IT WAS 60 YEARS AGO that Henry N. Manney III entertained us in R&T, June and July 1962, with “A Gustative View of Europe. Here’s Part 3 of tidbits gleaned … Continue reading
MANNEY ON MATTERS GUSTATORY PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, HENRY N. MANNEY III offered general guidance about gustative matters in Europe. Today in Part 2, he gives country-by-country assessments, many of them still valid after … Continue reading
MANNEY ON MATTERS GUSTATORY PART 1
TO R&T READERS of a certain age, Henry N. Manney III was Yr. Fthful Srvt covering Formula One back before the sport sought money in odd places like Azerbaijan, Bahrain, … Continue reading
RONALD SEARLE’S CARS
I AM DELIGHTED to see my currently favorite car magazine Classic & Sports Car featuring one of my website’s favorite artists (see “Ronald Searle,” “Magnificent Machines—And Tales Too,” “Skool is … Continue reading
PASSPORT TIDBITS
MY PASSPORT HASN’T had much use recently. Indeed, there was a time when my T&E (Travel & Expense Report) was more than my R&T salary. So Shiela Fitzpatrick’s “File-Selves” caught … Continue reading
FIDO SNIFFS OUT ARITHMETIC ANXIETY
“Whether it’s a tricky maths problem or an unexpected bill,” Nicola Davis of The Guardian reports, “daily life is full of stressful experiences. Now researchers have found that humans produce … Continue reading
ON LATE MEDIEVAL CLUTTER
HAVING READ TOM Johnson’s “No More Baubles,” London Review of Books, September 22, 2022, I feel a kinship with people living in Late Medieval London. We were/are prone to clutter. … Continue reading
ちょっとつんどく—MY PERSONAL JAPANESE PHRASE
I RECENTLY LEARNED THE JAPANESE word つんどく, tsundoku, which means acquiring books but letting them pile up without reading. To which I add ちょっと, chotto, Japanese for “a little.” That … Continue reading
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