Well, it has been a wild ride. Henry VI, Part 1 was—for lack of a better word—horrible. Yeah, horrible pretty much sums it up. Henry VI, Part 2 was pretty good. It certainly did a lot despite the terrible groundwork provided by Part 1, and it gave me hope for this week’s rendition of Richard…
A few years ago the BBC adapted Shakespeare’s first four canonical histories Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, and Henry V under the collective title of The Hollow Crown, and a little while after that I reviewed each installment as part of my ongoing Brush Up Your Shakespeare series. Well, the BBC recently…
It feels like only a few days since the last review because, oh yeah, it has. This week’s and next I’m endeavoring to get the recap up on Monday afternoon. Let’s take another moment to appreciate that PBS has this week’s episode the morning after it airs on BBC America. Click here. All I know is that…
If you’re like me, and you might be, you’ve been waiting VERY patiently for Season 3 of Sherlock to begin. If you’re also like me, you might have myriad tea strewn about your apartment. So, in the vein of Shelley’s beer/wine pairings, I present the most British of drinks…tea. Tea review to follow the episode…
Rooster Illusion 