ENJOYING CRIME CLASSICS, OBSESSIVELY PART 2
YESTERDAY IN Part 1, 18th-century antihero Jack Sheppard freed his moll Edgworth Bess from the St. Giles’ Bound-house lockup. Today at SimanaitisSays, we find the couple living something resembling an … Continue reading
ENJOYING CRIME CLASSICS, OBSESSIVELY PART 1
THIS ALL STARTED with a Crime Classics program on Sirius XM’s “Radio Classics.” I am prompted to share “The Incredible History of John Sheppard” here at SimanaitisSays in Part 1 … Continue reading
ENGLISH CLERGY—ONE, A ROGUE; ANOTHER, A SCIENTIST PART 3
THE STUDENT Thomas Espin was highly motivated by viewing the Great Comet of 1874. Even in 1888 when appointed the vicar of Tow Law, in England’s northern County Durham, he … Continue reading
ENGLISH CLERGY—ONE, A ROGUE; ANOTHER, A SCIENTIST PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE encountered a real rogue of an English prelate. Today and tomorrow in Parts 2 and 3, we meet another member of the English clergy, one who was honored … Continue reading
ENGLISH CLERGY—ONE, A ROGUE; ANOTHER, A SCIENTIST PART 1
THERE’S SATISFACTION in buying a book for one reason, then coming to enjoy it for other reasons entirely. So it is with A Field Guide to the English Clergy, by … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR NEW WORLD PROJECTS!
SATIRE IS THE DIURETIC of the body politic, someone once said (and I’ve oft repeated). To see stunning examples of this, look no further than the works of New World … Continue reading
QUEEN MARY’S MODI OPERANDI
HOW WOULD ONE explain that one’s grandmother had a way of, shall we say, acquiring the treasures of others? Not kleptomania, mind, in the sense of compulsively, surreptitiously making off … Continue reading
ON SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM—AND MY FACEBOOK IDENTITY
THE ECONOMIC TERM “surveillance capitalism” is new to me, but it reminds me that Big Tech has developed an insidious business model—the selling of us. That is, forget the jazz … Continue reading
WWR3D?
WHAT WOULD Richard III drive? Or would this last of Britain’s Plantagenet kings prefer advanced self-driving technology? Astonishingly enough, these hypothetical questions have historical as well as timely relevance. Richard … Continue reading
BAROQUE GIGS
PITY COMPOSERS of the 18th century. As with other artists back then, their livelihoods depended profoundly upon interactions with their social betters. And these gigs often had nobility’s strings attached. … Continue reading
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