GEORGIAN OUTRAGE!
BRITISH HISTORIAN EMILY BRAND has a keen sense of humor—make that “humour”—in BBC History, September 2023. She shares “The scandals of the gossip-hungry Georgian era” in a modern Brit format. … Continue reading
A POCKETFUL OF COMPUTATIONS
JAMES VINCENT’S “INSTRUMENTAL TRICKS,” London Review of Books, October 5, 2023, isn’t about the musical variety, but rather computational: It’s a review of Keith Houston’s Empire of the Sum: The … Continue reading
CAGING H2
IN AAAS SCIENCE, September 28, 2023, Robert F. Service writes, “Chemical Cages Could Store Hydrogen, Expand Use of Clean-burning Fuel.” Service says, “Hydrogen seems like the perfect fuel. By weight … Continue reading
HOW DO YOU SAY THAT IN MID-ATLANTIC?
KATHARINE HEPBURN OR ORSON WELLES would have known. And, being as I am into old movies, I recognize this artificial accent as its name suggests sort of a mix of … Continue reading
WEAVNG A LIFE OF ART: DOROTHY LIEBES
FIBER ARTS HAVE FASCINATED BOTH Wife Dottie ( “We Keep Sheep, Y’Know”) and Daughter Suz (“On Stage at Scripps College”). Thus I was interested to read Katherine Roth describing “An … Continue reading
HAVE A GRINDER WITH A FRAPPE
THE RECENT WORD GENIUS titled “10 Words Only People From New England Will Understand” evoked memories of my undergrad years some six decades ago at Worcester Poly. Anyone familiar with … Continue reading
G.P. MERCEDES OF MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO PART 2
YESTERDAY, ANTHONY BIRD OFFERED ANALYSIS of the 1908 G.P. Mercedes, a 12.8-liter behemoth winning the Grand Prix at Dieppe much to the consternation of the French (who, in a sense, … Continue reading
G.P. MERCEDES OF MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO PART 1
IT WAS 115 YEARS BEFORE TODAY’S Mercedes-Benz participation in Grand Prix racing (and, indeed, it wasn’t until 1926 that the hyphenated firm even existed). Laurence Pomeroy’s The Grand Prix Car … Continue reading
MY MY FAIR LADY PART 2
YESTERDAY WE SAW Pygmalion evolve from Greek legend to George Bernard Shaw play to Leslie Howard/Wendy Hiller movie to Broadway’s My Fair Lady and its Hollywood flick to my entertaining … Continue reading
MY MY FAIR LADY PART 1
I’M ENJOYING MY FAIR LADY on Turner Classic Movies in multiple viewings: Conveniently enough, the first one coincided with the closing notes of “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly,” the second one … Continue reading
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