This documentary from BBC’s “Timewatch” uncovers that the British Secret Service had a hand in the death of the death of Gregori Rasputin. In the words of TopDocumentaries.com: The programme-makers re-opened the investigation into his death and found conclusive evidence to suggest that Rasputin was murdered in St Petersburg in 1916 in a plot hatched [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 8, 2010
In the fall of 1990, I had no interest in World War I; then as now, I studied history for the story of it, and there didn’t seem to be any narrative in that conflict. No personalities, no resolution, just four years of static, blood-drenched dress rehearsal for the much more satisfying sequel played out [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2004
Kate got me the complete Jeeves and Wooster on DVD for Christmas, and we’ve been chomping through them at a steady clip. Both Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry as Jeeves are pitch-perfect. Meanwhile, Ed Page pointed me to a nice appreciation of PGW by Fry in the Independent. Have you read any [...]
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Friday, September 17, 2010
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