The Favourite: How important is Historical Accuracy in a Period Movie?
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite is on my Top Ripples 2018 list. I added it in after I’d already posted my …
Tag Archives: History
Canada Reads 2018: Book Review of ‘Forgiveness’ by Mark Sakamoto
Mark Sakamoto’s family memoir was first published in 2014. The book reemerges now due to the Canada Reads 2018 event. …
The Railway Man by Eric Lomax: Book Review
This is an important book in that it chronicles the real-life experience of a prisoner of war in the hands …
Saturday Snapshot February 22: Austen Doors and Windows
Continuing with the theme of doors and windows, let’s hop over to the UNESCO city of Bath. I was there …
Saturday Snapshot February 8: Cabin Fever continues…
The snow and cold persist. I’ve to revisit Southern France to assuage cabin fever. Here are more photos from my …
Bonhoeffer Read-Along Part 1: Chapters 1-18
February 4 has come and gone without fanfare, without even being noticed by me, the one hosting a read-along of …
Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey: Facts that give rise to Fiction
Downton Abbey in real life is Highclere Castle, situated among a thousand acres of beautiful parkland, perching on a hill …
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
In December 1994, a small team of cave explorers came upon a cave near the valley of the Ardèche River in …
Paris: The Latin Quarter
Solution to Arti’s Cryptic Challenge #3: Paris It was pure serendipity that I’d picked a hotel right in The Latin …
Bath’s Persuasion
Solution to Arti’s Cryptic Challenge #2: Bath From London’s Paddington Station we took the 90 minute train ride to Bath …
CBC Disbands Radio Orchestra
Update April 1: Reader Tom has alerted me to the site for online petition to save the CBC Radio Orchestra. http://www.savecbcorchestra.com Please …
