MICHAEL TAUBE: From Liniers’ Macanudo to Frazz and The Dragon Who Lived Downstairs
Tag: Fiction Books
Riding the Toonerville Trolley in Kentucky…or New York?
The legendary comic strip Toonerville Folks ran from 1908 to 1955
19th century Scottish novelists cast a long shadow
Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson’s reputations were created primarily by Hollywood
Murdoch Mysteries – then and now
Murdoch Mysteries: the Movies were much darker than the TV show
The Search for Bridey Murphy a tale of reincarnation
Sales of the book far outpaced expectations
The tragedy of Oscar Wilde
The Anglo-Irish playwright, poet and novelist ended up imprisoned, the casualty of his own foolishness
The legend of King Arthur is a gift that keeps on giving
Although it may be a fabrication, the story has powerful resonance
Are we seeing the destruction of democratic capitalism?
More than 100 years after H.G. Wells forecast big changes in the world order, the tide is turning
A direct call on a pocket phone from 100 years ago
Cartoonist W.K. Haselden was known for making bold predictions, including some that are eerily accurate
If you like medieval drama, The Last Kingdom fits the bill
While not scrupulously accurate, it is still quite engrossing