It’s a busy morning for the servants of Downton. As the family takes breakfast, Mary tells them about letters they’ve received from Tom and Rose. Tom’s business is doing well, as is Rose, and there are hints that Rose might… Continue Reading
It is the spring of 1925 and on a sunny day Downton is hosting a fox hunt. As they make to leave, Cora reminds Robert that there is a hospital board meeting later that afternoon, which she feels he is… Continue Reading
Five-year-old Peg wants to help her grandma throw a groovy sixties birthday party for her grandpa, who is turning 68. But 68 is a big number! How can she even count that high? With the help of her blue cat,… Continue Reading
In all of our exploration of our Earth and the Universe, of quantum particles and the mysteries of the creation of life, one thing stands out as the most complex thing we’ve yet discovered: the human brain. The Brain with… Continue Reading
There is a moment in the third episode of Indian Summers where the matron of the English Social Club welcomes everyone to a fair, an occasion meant to build peace and understanding between the local Indian Village and the Englishmen… Continue Reading
Gorongosa Park is a 1,000,000 acre nature preserve surrounding Mount Gorongosa in Mozambique. Thirty years ago, it was teeming with life. Tens of thousands of animals called it home: lions, elephants, crocodiles, impalas, and many others. But that was before… Continue Reading
There are visionaries that transform an art form: Michelangelo finding forms in blocks of marble, Jonathan Swift popularizing the novel, Frank Lloyd Wright pushing the limits of architecture. And there is Walt Disney, showing us the imaginative power of animation.… Continue Reading
Freddie Thornhill and Stuart Bixby have been together for nearly fifty years. Freddie is an actor, whose career peaked when he played a villain on an episode of Doctor Who (as well as a bit part as a butler on… Continue Reading
There are dates that divide history in half, dates at which it can be said the world could be understood one way the day before, and completely differently on every day after. The birth of Christ. The signing of the… Continue Reading
It’s 1948 and an old woman backs her car through a neighbor’s garage. Her son, rightfully, decides that she’s no longer able to drive and means to hire her a driver, but Daisy Werthan is having none of it. She… Continue Reading
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