American Elections Twenty three days before Joe Biden and Kamala Harris become President and Vice President. Important dates before this momentous occasion are the Georgia runoffs on January 5th and on January 6th the House and Senate meet to count the Electoral College Votes. It seems a long time ago that the electoral college votesContinue reading “Week beginning 30 December, 2020”
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Week beginning 23rd December, 2020
Reforms discussed on Chris Hayes All In on MSNBC Chris Hayes’ program on MSNBC discussing reforming the American electoral system and additional parts of the system so as to avoid the horror of the past four years is informative. A major part of the discussion centred on electoral reform – mainly the Electoral College. SomeContinue reading “Week beginning 23rd December, 2020”
Week beginning 16th December
Book reviews An Indulgence of Agatha Christies continues with the way in which women were depicted in the 1930s novels. This is a section of Part 2 Racism, Sexism and Classism in Agatha Christie. Earlier material moved to Book Reviews: Archives. Television Comments Comments on episode of The Crown. Earlier material moved to Television Comments:Continue reading “Week beginning 16th December”
Week beginning 9 December, 2020
Books: Reviews – the following material has been moved to Book Reviews: Archives, Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders and 4.50 From Paddington; and Part 1 Racism, Classism and Sexism in Agatha Christies. Television: Comments – material moved to Television Comments: Archives is American Presidential Election; and Brothers and Sisters. New material: A Country Podcast; TheContinue reading “Week beginning 9 December, 2020”
Week beginning 2 December
Book reviews: The early material related to An indulgence of Agatha Christies has been moved to Book Reviews: Archives. This includes the introduction, reviews of two books about Christie’s life and work: Laura Thompson, Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life and John Curran, Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks: Stories and Secrets of Murder in the MakingContinue reading “Week beginning 2 December”
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