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Baratunde Thurston Wants You to Be Part of Nature. Right Now.
There was also a shock for me on Tangier Island, in the Chesapeake Bay, with James “Ooker” Eskridge, the mayor of the community. On paper, me and this guy don’t have that much to say to each other. He was in the Trump-iest voting district in America by some measures, and he’s very, very, very […]
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Mark Shields, TV Pundit Known for His Sharp Wit, Dies at 85
Mark Shields, a piercing analyst of America’s political virtues and failings, first as a Democratic campaign strategist and then as a television commentator who both delighted and rankled audiences for four decades with his bluntly liberal views and sharply honed wit, died on Saturday at his home in Chevy Chase, Md. He was 85. His […]
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‘Frontline’ Review: Why the Climate Changed but We Didn’t
PBS’s investigative public-affairs program “Frontline” specializes in reminding us of things we would rather forget. On Tuesday, it begins a three-part dive into climate change, that potential species-killer that has taken a back seat recently to more traditional scourges like disease and war. Titled “The Power of Big Oil,” the weekly mini-series is focused on […]
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‘Sanditon,’ Unfinished No More
“Charlotte, are you not excited to be returning?” When that question is posed in the opening moments of the trailer for the second season of “Sanditon,” it sounds very much like a humorous nod to the show’s own history. “Sanditon,” based on Jane Austen’s unfinished final novel, first aired in Britain in 2019, and wasn’t […]
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Marc Brown on the End of ‘Arthur’ and His Favorite Fan Theories
From the minute Marc Brown meets you, he’s sizing you up. Just maybe not in the usual way. “People remind me of animals,” said Brown, the 75-year-old creator of the illustrated character Arthur Read, the 8-year-old bespectacled aardvark who, since the book “Arthur’s Nose” debuted in 1976, has been helping children navigate the world around […]
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‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Returns With Even More Creatures
RIPON, England — Samuel West was limping. “A cow stood on my foot,” he said. “Again!” Errant hooves are among the occupational hazards on the set of “All Creatures Great and Small,” the pastoral series that unfolds in 1930s Yorkshire. But on an intermittently sunny day here in late June, they presented a particular problem […]
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In a New Series, ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ Gets More Worldly
And, Tennant added, “we worked hard on the thrills and spills.” The narrative arc of the show was shaped by the route the travelers follow, Pharoah said, traveling east from Europe to Yemen, India, Hong Kong, the Pacific and to the West and East coasts of the United States before heading back to London. (Apart […]
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