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The Zeal of Thy House | Dorothy L. Sayers
What happens when the work of your hands becomes the measure of your worth?
Dorothy L. Sayers’ The Zeal of Thy House takes us into the rebuilding of C…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
When the Alarm Rings and Nobody Moves
The warning has been given.
Something is wrong.
And yet nobody moves.
Why?
In this Common Room Deep Dive, we explore normalcy bias — the strange and deep…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
What Does It Mean to Be Human in the Age of AI?
Artificial intelligence can write, calculate, imitate voices, create images, diagnose problems and perform tasks once thought to require distinctly h…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Enemy Below: The Night History Broke In
On Saturday evening, November 23, 1963, listeners across Britain turned on the BBC Home Service.
The world was still reeling from the assassination of…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
What Is College for in the Age of AI?
Artificial intelligence can write the essay, solve the equation, generate the code, summarize the book—and increasingly perform the very tasks studen…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Our West Ladyton Branch | R. D. Wingfield
Long before R. D. Wingfield created the world of Detective Inspector Jack Frost, he was writing ingenious dramas for BBC radio.
Our West Ladyton Branc…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Three Days of Frost | Before David Jason, There Was Leslie Sands
Three days before Christmas. Bitter cold. A missing child. And an untidy, irreverent detective named Jack Frost.
This Deep Dive includes spoilers. We …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Through the Perilous Fight
Before it was a national anthem, it was a question:
Was the flag still there?
In September 1814, Francis Scott Key watched from the waters outside Balt…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Al Jolson: The Greatest Entertainer America Forgot
There was a time when Al Jolson was arguably the biggest entertainer in America.
He conquered vaudeville and Broadway, helped usher Hollywood into the…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Dolly Parton: The Girl from the Tennessee Mountains
Before the rhinestones, the movies, Dollywood, and songs known around the world, there was a girl from the mountains of East Tennessee—and a radio.
In…
1 month, 3 weeks ago