Jamie is more an antique Roman than a Dane. He is straight and
slender, and more than common tall. He is ill at reckoning, but he
knows a hawk from a handsaw and is advised what he says, neither
disturbed with the effect of wine nor heady-rash, provoked with raging
ire. He is an unfee'd lawyer, but not covetous for gold. He is a foe
to tyrants. He is not gamesome, and does lack some part of that quick
spirit that is in Antony. He loves not wisely but too well. He is a
better scholar than he thought he was, so he'll call for pen and ink
and write his mind.
- 2012-10-21 00:17 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 7 - King John - link I suspect What Everyone Knows About King John has also been reinforced by Ivanhoe, which seems (and I say this on the basis of never having read the book but having seen a TV version many years ago) to exactly reproduce the Robin Hood caricature of ...
- 2012-09-27 23:33 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 6 - Troilus and Cressida - link So it turns out I've seen stage productions of a surprisingly large number of these obscure Shakespeares... Whatever Charles Grey found in the text that made him play Pandarus as Kenneth Williams sounds like what David Bamber found in the one I sa...
- 2012-09-20 14:09 - The Astronauts at the End of Time - link I've just read The rituals of infinity for no better reason than that I seem to have acquired a yellowed second-hand copy in circumstances I no longer remember, and quite enjoyed it. Having then thought, 'Ah, I expect Arthur must have brained the f...
- 2012-09-16 13:08 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 5 - Timon of Athens - link And now I'm having unwanted Bilbo v Gandalf naked wrestling thoughts. D:
- 2012-09-15 15:16 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 5 - Timon of Athens - link Hope you enjoy (or probably by the time you read this it should say 'enjoyed') the NT production! Timon is another one I saw when I was quite young and I really didn't know what to make of it except that I didn't really like the guy or feel...
- 2012-08-07 20:21 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 2 - Cymbeline - link Oh and also can I just join in the love for that BBC radio Lord of the rings. The music is so good too! The only version where I don't wish they'd cut out Tolkien's random pointless songs.
- 2012-08-07 20:04 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 2 - Cymbeline - link I have actually seen Cymbeline on stage! I think it was the RSC at the Barbican. Quite some years ago: I was probably in my mid-teens and it was sort of tangentially relevant to my historical interests (Roman Britain and all that). I also remembe...
- 2012-07-16 21:06 - Packed into Four Hours - link One variant of the title phrase that is almost completely true is the one (sometimes attributed to Humphrey Lyttelton) about BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'ten minutes of top news and current affairs, packed into three and a half hours'. (...
- 2012-07-13 17:27 - Harry Potter and the Doctrine of the Calvinists - link Greetings, unnecessarily sarcastic commenter! I don't know when (or whether) Rowling joined the Church of Scotland, but it's possible for her to have done so without living in Scotland. There is, for example, a Church of Scotland church near where I work...
- 2012-07-07 19:47 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 0 - Introduction - link I was tickled by the idea of putting the plays in chronological order of their contents so I thought I'd try it. Here's my attempt: A midsummer night's dream (before the Trojan war!) Troilus and Cressida (possibly some time betw...
- 2012-06-30 16:52 - Elephants On the Citadel - link Whenever I read articles on Ferretbrain about computer games my main reaction is that I'd play computer games more often if they were made by Ferretbrain contributors. (And were available for Macs.)
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2012-06-27 23:09 - The Rain Fell in Torrents – Except at Occasional Intervals -
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London is stormy?
Except at occasional intervals. - 2012-06-27 18:53 - The Rain Fell in Torrents – Except at Occasional Intervals - link From my little experience trying to help people with writing (not actually teaching, but just giving constructive criticism on comedy sketches and songs), I'd say that the most satisfactory way to do it is usually to avoid voicing general rules at all. Of...
- 2012-06-13 19:33 - Industrial Fantasies - link Bunkpunk (3): a small but awesome genre chronicling the adventures of detective William Moreland in various alternate historical periods and possible futures.
- 2012-06-13 18:51 - Peacast IX: 'Avengers Assemble' or 'The Avengers' in the US - link As to peacast generally: IETAHNTA (I enjoyed this and have nothing to add).
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2012-06-13 18:48 - Peacast IX: 'Avengers Assemble' or 'The Avengers' in the US -
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Finally, does Loki's "mewling" comment push him into Whedon's straw misogynist territory?
From what I hear (I'll try to find a link when I'm not on a bus) the thing is that 'quim' is actually not a slur, just a neutral descript...
