Yes, the female companions of the Moffat era are smart, strong, capable, multi-talented, capable, prone to saving the day, etc. But this...

Someone nice on tumblr just asked me: Do you think that it's fair to criticize a work of art for the failings of the culture around ...

I hate having to delete comments.  You can leave a comment saying I'm wrong, disagreeing with me violently, that's all fine.  But I ...

or News from Elsewhere II: This Time It's Polemical I've done another guest post for Phil Sandifer's site, here .  He wan...

Paul Foot on Tony Benn in the LRB : For nearly a century, Labour MPs have been going to Parliament to change the world, but have ended u...

From the reminiscences of Eleanor Marx: To my sisters — I was then too small — he told tales as they went for walks, and these tale...

It was in the spring of 18-- when I returned to Baker Street after a lengthy sojurn in the wilds of Dorsetshire.  It had been some months si...