And Here’s Why PBS is Toast
Neil Shapiro, President WNET…. I have a soft spot in my heart for WNET/13, the PBS station in NY (though licensed in Newark, NJ technically). I had my first TV job at WNET and they allowed me to move...
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Single white female seeks…. Following the death of his third wife, Jane Seymour in 1537, King Henry VIII of England was convinced to marry Anne of Cleves (pictured above), to cement an alliance with the newly Protestant German state....
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My 6-year old is on my Mac all the time…. I always like to spend time in Britain. It’s the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, and the place where our world was born. The arrival of harnessed waterpower and...
Read moreRoll Over Beethoven
How long has this been going on? Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony runs 74 minutes. That is a long time. But if y0u were a music fan in 1815 and wanted to catch a little of the Ninth, you couldn’t just...
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The Macbook Pro of its day Going to England always gives me food for thought. How was it possible that this little island came to rule a quarter of the planet and become for 200 years the technological, military,...
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Henri IV, King of France was one of the seminal figures in French history. Though King of France and a very accomplished and powerful and successful ruler, Henri was functionally illiterate.
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