Sunday Links


Nola Pfau:  "The 2021 MCU entry is finally streaming on Disney+. Here’s what you need to know before hitting play."

Southport Lifeboat: £1.4m station opens after three-year construction:
BBC News: "The £1.4m building has been paid for entirely by public donations on behalf of the Southport Offshore Rescue Trust."

Dylan Moriarty and Joe Fox:  "Politicians in all but a few states have something urgent to quarrel about these days: maps! Control of the U.S. House is on the line — or within the lines. Here’s the deal: The once-a-decade census determines how many people from each state go to Washington, D.C. And states get to fiddle with the boundaries of those congressional districts. How the maps are drawn can make a big difference in which party winds up on top."

John Hoare:  "At the end of last year, we talked a little about how some sitcoms were shot far closer to transmission than I ever expected. But sometimes, such stories just seem a little too unbelievable. Take Are You Being Served? – or, specifically, Wikipedia’s episode guide for the show. If you scan your eyes down that list until you reach Series 5, you will come across something rather odd."

Daniel Drake:  “I sometimes imagine a future in which Shakespeare’s plays have lost their edge, no longer speak to us. That won’t be in my lifetime.”

Leah Greenblatt:  "The actor-director has seen fame from both sides now — and he's ready to talk (with Matt Damon, and us) about it."

Kate Dwyer:  "Why does this image keep resurfacing on social media?"

James Tapper:  "She began creating them as an outlet during the first lockdown, now the actress’s spoof sketches are a massive internet hit."

Meredith Jacobs:  "Jeremy Sisto, now in his fourth season as Assist. Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine on FBI, was no stranger to Dick Wolf‘s (ever-growing) TV universe before he joined the CBS procedural. In fact, Law & Order, on which he played Detective Cyrus Lupo from 2008 to 2010, is coming back for its 21st (!) season on February 24 on NBC."

Laurie Penny:  "Yes, we're going to Talk About Bruno."

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