Theatre Review (London): Danton’s Death at the National Theatre
The production of Danton’s Death at the National Theatre is pretty well everything you’d expect — well-acted, spectacularly staged, snappily directed. Toby Stephens is a charismatic Danton, and the set...
View ArticleBook Review: Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
Isabelle Allende’s novel, Island Beneath the Sea, is a timeless tale about the nature of power and how even the most powerless of people — a fictional 18th Century African slave woman named Zarité or...
View ArticleBook Review: The Valley of Heaven and Hell: Cycling in the Shadow of...
Imagine being on vacation and spending the time cycling through France. In The Valley of Heaven and Hell: Cycling in the Shadow of Marie-Antoinette by Susie Kelly, she introduces us to both the beauty...
View ArticleDisdain for Herman Cain and His Ilk
During the Great Depression, my grandfather, a native of Missouri, traveled from state to state for work. In 1937 he drove himself and his family from Kansas to California to get a job, which he did....
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DVD Review: Doctor Who – The Reign of Terror
The BBC finally released the Doctor Who eason one finale, The Reign of Terror on DVD this month. Besides Marco Polo (which is lost, but has already been released as a condensed reconstruction), this is...
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