A Man Could Stand Up: On Downton Abbey’s Second Season
/Unlike the soap operas with which it is often dismissively aligned, Downton Abbey is defined by change rather than stasis - by its beautifully produced attention to social evolution.
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/Agatha Christie has received praise from wide and varied corners, and mystery columnist Irma Heldman adds to the chorus with this retrospective on the life and work of the Queen of Crime.
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/She was an orange-seller, an actress, a whore, and the most popular of Charles II's many mistresses: Nell Gwynn stars in two new novels.
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