John Baker’s Blog

There is a wonderfully funny video made by Norwegian Television (NRK), about a new book user interacting with medieval technical support.
It’s in Norwegian with sub-titles in both Danish and English.
But go take a look. It must have been hell for early-adopters back in those days of rapid change.
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Jonathan Miller makes his directorial return to British theatre with a new production of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, and we were lucky enough to have front row seats for the performance in Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre last night.
It is interesting to note that Miller decided to use a new translation of the play, which is the [...]

Crimeficreader has done tagged me again. My first impulse was to run, and I did, round and round and ended up in the same position, but panting. I’m not going to tag anyone else.
Thanks for a continuing parade of new things to read, and especially for Charlote Perkins Gilman and The Yellow Wall-Paper.
Thanks for improving [...]