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Following Alice down a rabbit hole: a review of Luther

Created by Neil Cross Written by Neil Cross Starring Idris Elba Ruth Wilson Steven Mackintosh Indira Varma Paul McGann Saskia Reeves Warren Brown Dermot Crowley Nikki Amuka-Bird Aimee-Ffion Edwards Kierston Wareing Pam Ferris David Dawson Sienna Guillory David O’Hara Michael Smiley Darren Boyd Rose Leslie Laura Haddock Patrick Malahide Wunmi Mosaku Enzo Cilenti Hermione Norris …

England swings like hanged men do: a review of Apothecary

Peter Cawdron, (c) 2023, 415pp Anthony is a seemingly unremarkable teen apprentice to an chemist/herbalist/alchemist at an apothecary stall on the outskirts of Westminster, a small town not far from the city of London. Westminster, like Anthony, seems usual, but like Anthony, has a feature that makes it rather extraordinary. About a quarter mile from …

Solstice 2022 — In China, “the winter solstice is as big as the new year.”

冬至大如年 (Dōngzhì dà rú nián) In China, “the winter solstice is as big as the new year.” Bryan Zepp Jamieson December 21st, 2022 www.zeppscommentaries.online www.zeppjamiesonfiction.com www.thebigweasel.wordpress.com Back about 500 BCE, some 250 years before Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth using nothing more than two sticks planted about 250 miles apart, a Chinese savant …

Far Freakin’ OUT!: a review of The Freak Brothers

The Freak Brothers Directors: Dominic Polcino, Joe Ekers, Jeanette Moreno King & Juan Jose Meza-Leon Cast: John Goodman Fat Freddy Freekowtski Pete Davidson Phineas T.  Phreakears Tiffany Haddish Fat Freddy’s Cat (renamed and regendered “Kitty” for the series) Woody Harrelson Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek Also: Adam Devine, Alan Freedland, Alan R. Cohen, Andrea Savage, Blake Anderson, Carrie …