SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “A. Malcolm,” the sixth episode of the third season of “Outlander.”
This week’s supersize episode is all about the slow burn as Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) long-awaited reunion takes place and the couple realizes how time has changed them both physically, but their love remains intact and ardent as ever. Read More...
Carol Rumens's poem of the weekEdward ThomasPoem of the week: Words by Edward ThomasThis loose-limbed lyric on the elemental power of language seems rooted in a distinctly Welsh landscapePoets choose their words with the utmost care, don't they? "The best words in the best order" and all that? In this week's poem, "Words", Edward Thomas echoes John Keats rather than Coleridge, calling on words to choose him. This is perhaps extreme negative capability. Read More...
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Everybody Loves Raymond was an instant TV classic. It was on the air during a golden age of television, alongside Friends, and Seinfeld. Aside from airing in overlapping years, the three shows also shared another similarity. Their runs were marked by historic salaries and salary disputes. For the Everybody Loves Raymond cast, their salary dispute … Published on September 13, 2020 3 min read Everybody Loves Raymond was an instant TV classic. Read More...