Two Brexit links and a clutch pointing to pieces about Pokémon GO, plus other things that I've found interesting or stimulating over the past seven days. Thanks as always to those who have pointed me towards some of them, via Twitter more
Academic open access publishing is a complex issue but developments in the field mean that an increasing number of titles are available as freely downloadable e-books. I think one of the services that this blog can provide is highlighting a different volume each week, more
We are delighted that our DVD box set of the BBC-RSC co-production The Wars of the Roses has been reprinted and is back on sale both here and on Amazon. Among the dozen or more 5-star Amazon reviews is more
In the medieval streets of the French town of Cahors yesterday, son Nick and daughter Kate were delighted to teach their grandmother Beryl how to catch a zubat. Of course Pokémon GO hasn't been released in Europe yet but more
One of the many things that surprises me about the loose critical consensus about contemporary cinema is that Andrew Dominik's 2007 film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is not widely hailed as one of the masterpieces more
Let's do without any Brexit-linked links this week, shall we? Pretend that nothing's happened, and then perhaps this catastrophe will go away. And in the meantime take a look at these bits and pieces that I have found interesting the past more
A week ago we were thrilled to record for Sky Arts Natalia Osipova's trio of new contemporary dances at Sadler’s Wells. Osipova was joined on stage for two of the pieces by Sergei Polunin, which was the first time that they have danced together in the UK. The programme more
Lots of post-referendum reading this week, but - with two exceptions - not here. These are links to other bits and pieces that I have found interesting the past seven days. Thanks as always to those who have pointed me more
We have discovered that a number of the first box sets of The Wars of the Roses include mis-labelled discs. This is especially disappointing for us given how much effort has gone into their production. The duplication facility has ackowledged their more
A nation split in two, bitter struggles over national identity and the country's relationship with Europe, factional fighting for control of the ruling party, roiling discontent barely suppressed in the streets... This is England in 2016, perhaps, and most certainly England more