Top Ten Spies of the Cold War

Top Ten Spies of the Cold War There are two methods of identifying the top ten spies of the Cold War. One is to assess the damage inflicted by individual agents; another is to dig a little deeper and find out who made the major cases of espionage possible. All but two of the spies […]

Five of the Best Historical Heroines

Five of the Best Historical Heroines Think “historical mystery” and your brain most likely leaps to a flawlessly mustachioed Poirot or sociopathic-yet-dashing Sherlock. While I’m the last one to deny the appeal of a well-placed deerstalker, my own soft spot is for the genre’s clever, determined females. Maybe it’s the notion of scouting a gruesome […]

DVD Review: Father Brown Season Three

DVD Review: Father Brown Season Three

DVD Review: Father Brown Season Three DVD Review– Father Brown- Season 3, Part 1 I love G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries. They are beautifully and intelligently written, intellectually and spiritually challenging, and some of the cleverest mysteries ever created. A television series based on Chesterton’s short stories ought to be brilliant television. However, the BBC’s […]