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  1. Bizarre story of the day: North Korea censors Alan Titchmarsh's trousers. I am not familiar with Garden Secrets, but used to enjoy watching his show Ground Force, despite having no gardening skills whatsoever.
  2. Thank you! Dunno why it didn't occur to me to Google the author. Duh.
  3. Definitely American, not British. The author is Donald Bogle.
  4. Maybe you brilliant and observant folks can help identify something which is driving me crazy. I am listening to an audio book narrated by the author. He has a weirdly stilted but enthusiastic style of narration, not quite maddening enough to make me give up on it. Yet. My biggest issue is that he pronounces daughter as dorter. He also says warters for waters. Whence comes this pronunciation? Is it a regional dialect? Thanks for your assistance!
  5. Morning Edition host Bob Edwards has died. He was 76.
  6. Peter Schickele, creator of P.D.Q. Bach, has died. I had the distinct pleasure of attending a number of live P.D.Q. Bach performances at Carnegie Hall in the last millennium. I also conducted my high school Renaissance Choir in performances of some of his madrigals ("My Bonny Lass She Smelleth") and rounds ("The Art of the Ground Round" Schickele Number 119/pound). He was truly brilliant.
  7. Looks like being an overt racist and misogynistic pig has consequences. Jann Wenner has been removed from the board of directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation according to the linked NY Times article.
  8. Ragtime revival pianist Max Morath has died. I feel the need find my LPs... and finally hook up the record player I bought in an auction ages ago.
  9. I've been watching a bunch of Letters Live videos on YouTube. This one made me cry ugly, but also laugh in recognition. Sue Perkins reads a letter to Pickles, her dog.
  10. Thanks for sharing that, elleryanne. What a great voice, gone far too soon. And that's either a tiny piano, or Mr. Lee was very, very tall.
  11. Television is not the only medium for actors. He was the lead in the Donmar Warehouse production of Henry V. I'm looking forward to seeing it on Sunday (sadly it's only a National Theatre Live at my local cinema, not in person).
  12. You sent me down a Google rabbit hole (my fault, of course!). I found quite a few memes/images with variations of the wording. According to this article, it's not really by Winston Churchill. Not that surprising, but now I am worried that some of my favorite Churchill quotes are also misattributed. Oh well, it's still a great quote.
  13. Not exactly news, but an inspiring article from the BBC about Nilambur Ayisha, an Indian actor who persevered despite religious hate -- including being shot at during a performance!
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