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Size Matters. Episode Two of Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, pondered. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/s...
Size Matters. Episode Two of Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, pondered.
The polite Sky Atlantic announcer warns us that “the following programme contains strong language and nudity from the very start”. I think this was perhaps inadequate preparation for wh…
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January 27, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Size Matters. Episode Two of Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, pondered. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/s...
Ending on a low note. The final episode of Star Trek TOS conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/e...
Ending on a low note. The final episode of Star Trek TOS
If you want to earn easy geek points in a pub quiz setting – or possibly frustrate an incompetent quizmaster – remember to point out list Sandra Smith as one of the actors who played Ca…
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January 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Ending on a low note. The final episode of Star Trek TOS conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/e...
As far as I can see, the regime's strategy is to accelerate the atrocities, excalate the situation, pour in troops in necessary - all to provide footage of Democratic cities "out of control" for use during the mid-term election campaign.
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
As far as I can see, the regime's strategy is to accelerate the atrocities, excalate the situation, pour in troops in necessary - all to provide footage of Democratic cities "out of control" for use during the mid-term election campaign.
A Burns Night of Equals conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/a...
A Burns Night of Equals
As successive Westminster governments give up on Scotland, and therefore give up on Britain, the years are ticking down to when Scotland can be regarded not as an aggrieved partner in a failed rela…
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January 25, 2026 at 10:17 AM
A Burns Night of Equals conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/a...
I sort of miss Caligula conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/i...
I sort of miss Caligula
On this date in AD 41 (complicated of course by the mismatch between Julian and Gregorian Calendars) the emperor Caligula was stabbed. A great deal. Thus was initiated the great Roman tradition o…
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January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I sort of miss Caligula conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/i...
I sort of miss Caligula conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/i...
I sort of miss Caligula
On this date in AD 41 (complicated of course by the mismatch between Julian and Gregorian Calendars) the emperor Caligula was stabbed. A great deal. Thus was initiated the great Roman tradition o…
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January 24, 2026 at 9:51 AM
I sort of miss Caligula conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/i...
Cleland, Brooke, Guinness. Sex, Canada, and Drink. Memorable OTD deaths pondered. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2023/01/23/c...
Cleland, Brooke, Guinness. Sex, Canada, and Drink. Memorable OTD deaths pondered.
Some memorable deaths OTD that deserve a pause… John Cleland died OTD in 1789. He was about 80 when his poor old body gave up, and how he reached such an advanced age is something of a myster…
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January 23, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Cleland, Brooke, Guinness. Sex, Canada, and Drink. Memorable OTD deaths pondered. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2023/01/23/c...
Mad, Bad and Still Dangerous to Know. Happy Birthday Lord Byron conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/m...
Mad, Bad and Still Dangerous to Know. Happy Birthday Lord Byron
Happy Birthday to the Most and Least Romantic of Canonical Romantic Poets. He’s most romantic in terms of this public image and his global reach – least romantic in terms of his …
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January 22, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Mad, Bad and Still Dangerous to Know. Happy Birthday Lord Byron conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/m...
Trump is now saying he won’t take Greenland by force That’s the only way he could get it. Mark Carney speeches seem to be his Kryptonite.
January 21, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Trump is now saying he won’t take Greenland by force That’s the only way he could get it. Mark Carney speeches seem to be his Kryptonite.
Reposting on the anniversary of Louis Capet's abbreviation. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2018/01/21/g...
Guillotining Louis XVI as wax-work entertainment
Today is the anniversary of the truncation of Louis Capet in 1793. With Emma Galbally, I’ve co-authored a paper about French revolutionary decapitation for a multi-authored volume on Death an…
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January 21, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Reposting on the anniversary of Louis Capet's abbreviation. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2018/01/21/g...
"Not in front of the Klingons". Star Trek V considered. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/n...
“Not in front of the Klingons”. Star Trek V considered.
This has long been regarded as the very worst Star Trek movie. Kirk and his friends go and see God. It’s not really God. They go away again. In terms of plotting Star Trek V is not really a h…
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January 20, 2026 at 7:52 AM
"Not in front of the Klingons". Star Trek V considered. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/n...
Year after year these Scandinavians repeatedly fail to give me the Nobel Peace Prize so I’ve given up on Peace as concept. Let the galaxy drown in blood.
January 19, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Year after year these Scandinavians repeatedly fail to give me the Nobel Peace Prize so I’ve given up on Peace as concept. Let the galaxy drown in blood.
Richard Lester, An Appreciation on his birthday. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/r...
Richard Lester, An Appreciation
Sometimes wonder why Richard Lester doesn’t have the critical esteem he deserves. Robert Altman was rightly regarded as a pioneer, but Richard Lester… not so much. Yet the best of Ric…
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January 19, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Richard Lester, An Appreciation on his birthday. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/r...
Reposting on Oliver Hardy's birthday. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2018/12/30/w...
Who wants a prejudiced and ill-informed guide to every single Laurel and Hardy film? You do, don’t you? You all do.
Well, I’ve done precious little to justify my continued absorption of oxygen for the year 2018, but one thing I have accomplished is to have written a little blog about each and every Laurel …
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January 18, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Reposting on Oliver Hardy's birthday. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2018/12/30/w...
No Masked Singer, you don't get to do a "Spooktacular" unless you broadcast in October.
January 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
No Masked Singer, you don't get to do a "Spooktacular" unless you broadcast in October.
Nuremberg. My judgement conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/n...
Nuremberg. My judgement
Well, for sure this is no masterpiece. This will not rank alongside Stanley Kramer’s film in the annals of cinema. For sure, Kramer’s film was wise enough to skip the Nazi top brass and…
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January 17, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Nuremberg. My judgement conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/n...
Happy Birthday to my fave Bronte. Happy Birthday Anne. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2019/01/17/h...
Happy Birthday to my fave Bronte. Happy Birthday Anne.
Yes, Anne Brontë was born OTD in 1820. She was the youngest. I have various reasons to be well disposed towards her. She had, like her siblings, an umlaut in her real name and she chose a…
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January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Happy Birthday to my fave Bronte. Happy Birthday Anne. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2019/01/17/h...
BREAKING: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise
January 15, 2026 at 8:54 AM
BREAKING: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise
Ivor Cutler was born OTD in 1923. Deathless. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2023/01/15/i...
Ivor Cutler was born OTD in 1923. Deathless.
There was a gentleness to Ivor Cutler. He resigned from one teaching post in the 1950s in part because he could not bring himself to administer (then ubiquitous) corporal punishment. He was also pr…
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January 15, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Ivor Cutler was born OTD in 1923. Deathless. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2023/01/15/i...
Reposting on what would have been Warren Mitchell's 100th birthday. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2015/11/14/w...
Warren Mitchell, the UNAlfGarnett and Forks in Brains.
Hard to think of anyone less like Alf Garnett than Warren Mitchell. Or rather, anyone less like him in terms of the really critical character defining stuff. He was a thoughtful man and a passiona…
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January 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Reposting on what would have been Warren Mitchell's 100th birthday. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2015/11/14/w...
Today is the Anniversary of Johnny Cash playing Folsom Prison conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/t...
Today is the Anniversary of Johnny Cash playing Folsom Prison
Yes, on the 13th January 1968, Johnny Cash played two sets at Folsom Prison, which were edited together to create his famous album a few months later. One was at 9.40am and the other at 12.40pm. I …
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January 13, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Today is the Anniversary of Johnny Cash playing Folsom Prison conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/t...
Today is the Anniversary of Johnny Cash playing Folsom Prison conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/t...
Today is the Anniversary of Johnny Cash playing Folsom Prison
Yes, on the 13th January 1968, Johnny Cash played two sets at Folsom Prison, which were edited together to create his famous album a few months later. One was at 9.40am and the other at 12.40pm. I …
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January 13, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Today is the Anniversary of Johnny Cash playing Folsom Prison conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/t...
Erich "The Answer's Aliens Now What's The Question" Daniken has passed.
January 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Erich "The Answer's Aliens Now What's The Question" Daniken has passed.
Part of why I think I'm a Burkean (but not a Conservative). Reposting on his birthday. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2020/06/03/p...
Part of why I think I’m a Burkean (but not a Conservative).
Of course, it’s easier in Ireland, because here it’s possible to be Burkean and Painite at one and the same time. Historically, we’ve been forged by both. Even Irish republicani…
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January 12, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Part of why I think I'm a Burkean (but not a Conservative). Reposting on his birthday. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2020/06/03/p...