question of the weekend: Which bits of history do you feel you should know more about?
Let’s geek out about the parts of history that interest us most…
Guardian
the Doctor meets Dali… (and other adventures in social networking)
Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the day: How are you coping with Kate-is-pregnant-induced nausea?
We’re in for 70 years of media frenzy about whoever this baby turns out to be, until he or she takes the throne in about 2082. You won’t be able to avoid it, unless you become a hermit (which I don’t recommend).
question of the day: Will Seth MacFarlane be a good Oscar host?
Apparently he has successfully pulled off hosting duties before. But it still seems like a surprising choice, going with someone who isn’t essentially a performer…
question of the day: What is the appeal of Madame Tussauds?
I just don’t get it. Do people feel like they’ve actually seen a celebrity in person if they stand near a waxwork replica?
church of awesome: stereotype maps
Graphic designer Yanko Tsvetkov, holding up bigotry for ridicule for your entertainment!
Sherlock blogging: “The Reichenbach Fall”
There are a lot of ways in which this was 90 brilliant minutes of television drama, but the first way in which it’s brilliant is the opening moments…
watch it: Uggie visits the offices of the Guardian…
…reveals his future plans!
question of the day: Has the Academy just made it too difficult for documentaries to qualify for the Oscars?
Should the critics at The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times be the gatekeepers for an awards organization they aren’t members of?
