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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
Charming artist who had fans like Alan Bennett, Ai Weiwei and Grayson Perry, and whose peacetime and WW2 efforts were recognised and appreciated, but who died in Finland before the war ended. A good, if sad, story.

Star Trek Voyager Ep 24 “Demon” Season 4

Dexter: Original Sin - Ep 1-4

This is actually better than I thought it was going to be after the slightly disappointing 'Dexter: New Blood'.

It begins with a younger version of Dexter and his sister (who was played absolutely brilliantly by Jennifer Carpenter in the original Dexter seasons and in New Blood). The cast are great - Christian Slater does a great job at being a cop and trying to manage Dexter, Molly Elizabeth Brown does a cracking job at replicating Jennifer Carpenters rendition of Dexters sister, she has the mannerisms and personality pretty much spot on imo.

I've watched the first four episodes and I've been pleasantly surprised and it's also great to have Micheal C. Hall narrating throughout.....possibly proof that he's still alive after the ending in New Blood.

Overall very enjoyable and it almost feels like the great series of the original Dexter series but this is mainly down to the cast.

(01-02-2025 14:38 )Doddle Wrote:  Unspun World w/John Simpson
Another special, this time from Latvia, and devoted to the Ukraine situation, culminating with a long rehash of John's previous coverage of Moscow events, going back to 1979.

UW w/JS
Another kind-of special, with John looking at the early impact of Trump II, including another historical round-up ending, and the delusion that because other 2nd term Presidents have died on their arse, then Trump will probably get boshed in the midterms. As if the world will be OK until then...

Late Night w/Seth Meyers
Actor James Marsden and Cazzie "daughter of Larry" David were on one night, then Nicole Scherzinger and Roy Wood Jr were on the next night.

Invincible Ep 1 “You’re Not Laughing Now” Season 3

The Daily Show w/Jon Stewart
His guest was Mo Omer, almost uniquely the Palestinian star of an American comedy-drama (on Netflix).

The Bottom Line
Steve Clemons talks first to somewhat regular guest John Mearsheimer (who's in Chicago) about the new Trump era. Then he talks to Joseph Gagnon (in studio) about the prospects for Trump's trade war.

Star Trek Voyager Ep 25 “One” Season 4.

(01-07-2024 21:29 )Doddle Wrote:  Free Solo
From the "thin man up a thick cliff" file, Alex Honnold climbs the fearsome El Capitan, having havered about it, had a couple of falls he tactfully blames on his girlfriend, and discussed his emotional problems. He starts one attempt in the dark and wisely packs it in quickly, but his actual nerve-wracking attempt has better light.

The Alpinist
Marc-Andre Leclerc was another fan of free climbing, and made Honnold and others look pedestrian. He wound up the camera crew a bit because he wasn't all that into the need for them to be along. He took 2 attempts to crack the fearsome Torre Egger, at which point the camera crew assumed that was it. However, he went to Canada for another summit, with a friend, and though they made it up, they didn't make it back down.