Recent Viewings

Most of my recent viewings will be television as things have been rather wearying of late, but Bertie was kind enough to get tickets for Death of a Salesman with Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane. Rounding out the central cast was Christopher Abbott as Biff (quite impressive) and Ben Ahlers as Hap (whom I knew…

Recent Reads

I have been diving into eighteenth century France for some reason (…circumspice) and my reading has veering into the historical, albeit through fiction. No surprise: I learned most of my history from fiction — books, television, films — because Americans are not generally taught history so much as a narrative of Manifest Destiny. Which is…

Paranormal Daphne du Maurier

Random watch of the week: The Breakhrough (1975) — I believe a rec strewn in my path from Stones perhaps. I nearly scrolled past when I saw Daphne Du Maurier’s name and thought oh, give a go. And Simon Ward (who led me down a side quest for the 1970 television series based on Dumas’…