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Book Review: Simon Said (1997)
StevenHelmer, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
Is it that there was no readily retrievable evidence from the body and the grave? It seems a bit strange that police wouldn't be interested in solving a crime. ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2022
Movie Review: The Woman in Green (1945)
StevenHelmer, Thank you for practical information, pretty pictures and product lines.
This is one of the Rathbone films that I've not seen of him as Sherlock Holmes. I recall no such instance of other than Holmes or Watson narrating. Why would ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2022
Magic Spells Brewery beers put to the test
A question: What is a brown ale?
frankbeswick, on 02/06/2022
Magic Spells Brewery beers put to the test
An interesting article.
frankbeswick, on 02/06/2022
Magic Spells Brewery beers put to the test
DerdriuMarriner I have tasted many good US beers but also some quite bad ones and I would include Miller Lite and Buidweiser in the poor list. Your boom in the USA of craft beer has rejuvinated the whole beer scene worldwide and we should all be ...
SteveRogerson, on 02/06/2022
Magic Spells Brewery beers put to the test
In revisiting this article (and your others about beers and breweries), I'm reminded of two questions that I meant to ask you previously. How do you rate beers on this side of the pond? How would you rate Samuel Adams and the Wisconsin beers, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/05/2022
Book Review: Death of an Addict (2001)
StevenHelmer, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
It perhaps fits with his lifestyle that Constable Macbeth hadn't been abroad before. But it's somewhat surprising nevertheless to think of someone in law ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/05/2022
Book Review: A Beautiful Place to Die (1989)
StevenHelmer, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
Have you seen the film version of the book? Early last week I saw it, because the library system here has it. Perhaps versions of other books within the series ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/05/2022
Book Review: Death of a Bore (2006)
StevenHelmer, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
Me too, I noticed that some questions remained unanswered, specifically about the Patel store in Loch Dubh. Perhaps, if deliberate, it serves to remind us that ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/05/2022
Book Review: Death of a Dreamer (2007)
StevenHelmer, Thank you for practical information, pretty pictures and product lines.
In particular, this series interests me just because of the last name of the protagonist. Which book would you consider the best about Constable Macbeth?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/05/2022
Becoming more self-reliant
Sorry, I don't know the answer to this question. We have a law in Britain that forbids you to dig up any wild plant by the roots unless you own the land or have the landowner's permission. I have only encountered silverweed on other people's ...
frankbeswick, on 02/03/2022
Leon Trotsky’s Theory of Permanent Revolution
SteveRogerson, Thank you for practical information, pretty pictures and product lines.
This is an excellent analysis of China, Cuba and Russia. Would you happen to have seen the film Che by Steven Soderbergh?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/02/2022
Becoming more self-reliant
Revisiting this article made me think in a somewhat related direction of making boxty last month. I managed to make them nicely using your little sister Veronica's recipe. You mentioned in the comments there about silverweed being used before ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/02/2022
Movie Review: Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
StevenHelmer, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
Me too, I agree with you and your wife about this film. Have you seen Niagara, in which Marilyn Monroe starred with Joseph Cotten? (I read your review of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/02/2022
Doctor Who Episode Review: Death in Heaven (2014)
StevenHelmer, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
This episode interests me since I've seen the Christmas episode.
Cybermen always make me uncomfortable because they really were unsettling in the Earthshock ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/02/2022