First Cut at Sweeney

Well, the film version of Sweeney Todd is soon upon us at long last, and I admit my excitement is unabated. The film and cast has apparently claimed several Golden Globe nominations before it is even released and at long last serious reviews are becoming available.
At the moment, from what I have read this is [...]

A Dying Art?

Year in, year out, we have all heard the dire warnings that the end of reading is nigh, that children will soon renounce books altogether. I remember these warnings when I myself was a child, and have read them stretching back into time, throughout the 20th century. Again and again, the bogymen of radio, movies, [...]

Merry Newtonmas

For various reasons, both obvious and obscure, I have always been both confused and fascinated by Christmas. Every year I am more and more fascinated to see how each person celebrates their own unique Christmas, from the deeply religious and reverent to the drunkenly, crassly commercial.
As such, I adore intelligent examinations of what Christmas is, [...]