Photo via Wikimedia Commons, public domain He is one of my favorite writers. A smart social critic, I welcome his opinions on the plight of the downtrodden in our own 21st century. George Bernard Shaw wrote that Great Expectations was more seditious than Karl Marx's Das … [Read more...]
Family Portrait: Oliver Dickens and his Great-Great-Great-Grampa
This little nugget, omg. Nine-year-old Oliver Dickens, the great-great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, poses next to England's first statue of Charles Dickens (!!!) unveiled in Portsmouth. He … [Read more...]
It’s all about the Mistle Tones
It's not Liz and Dick, and surely that's … [Read more...]
First Look: Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham
I... I can't breathe. I'm flopping around on the floor of my cubicle like a fish on a hook. It's too much fabulousness … [Read more...]