Dan Snow, the TV historian, is anxious about his ‘privilege’. One of many ‘nepo babies’ in the British media, Snow’s debut came when he was 23 years old, fresh out of Oxford, co-presenting with his father Peter. Having benefited from his well-heeled upbringing, Snow now excitedly foresees the end of ‘inherited monarchy’ and ‘organised religion’.
The new battle on the American foreign policy front is shaping up to be one that pits support for the internationalist, idealist values of freedom and democracy in supporting Ukraine against realpolitik attitudes in confronting China. This is opening a big fissure among Republican politicians i.
Through “Sandy and the Ghost,” Hoffland tells the story of Sandy, named after her daughter Sandra, and her journey to the past in a Dickensesque tale written for kids ages six to 12.
for committing murder. all insisted they were innocent. we met one of them, eric glisson, in sing sing, where from behind bars he d been trying to get answers ever since he was locked up. i ve been fighting these people for years. asking for documents, which they deny me at every turn. they re not going to convict me for something that i didn t do and just expect me to accept it. i m going to fight to the end. i m a fighter. i die on my feet, not on my knees. as the years passed, eric took college courses offered by the prison. he learned about the law and fought his case. how did he get that evidence in his possession? the courts denied all his appeals. i don t have any appeals left. nothing. it was a lonely fight and then in 2006, he met sister joanna chan in one of the prison s programs, the woman he calls grandma. there s particular dark time. he would say, grandma,
we re just starting to have that conversation right now, but i think for a lot of musicians and creatives like music was the only refuge and escape, so i thought it was really important to put that in context. well, and music starts in the church. it started in the church. it was therapy. for everything. there s a quote. i m so glad you brought this up, because it brought up one of my favorite quotes from the film, and it was from the rev, reverend jackson. he said, we didn t know anything about therapists. we didn t know anything about lying on couches. but we did no mahali jackson. exactly. and i found that entire section to really did transcend. it was joy. it was a bleak time, a dark