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4 – The French Manicure – The Long Shadow of Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple died on February 10. 2014. Watching the parade of clips from her 1930s movies on TV that night brought back the magic she had as a child to delight and entertain. How many hours did we…
Published on 11 years, 4 months ago
3 – Eel Pie Island
The Kitchen Sisters take us to a little-known, hidden corner of London — to Eel Pie Island, a tiny slice of land in the middle of the Thames. Now a small bohemian community of artists, inventors, ri…
Published on 11 years, 5 months ago
2 – Tennessee Williams: The Pennyland Recordings
In 1947 Tennessee Williams and his lover Pancho stepped into a recording booth at a penny arcade in New Orleans and recorded 8 cardboard discs. Lost in a trunk under a friends bed for some 50 years, …
Published on 11 years, 7 months ago
1 – The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall and Rise of Thomas Alva Edison
Look around your daily life. There’s a little piece of Thomas Edison almost everywhere. Your desk lamp. That x-ray you got when you broke your arm. The battery in your car. The movie you saw last ni…
Published on 11 years, 8 months ago