While globalization seems inevitable, the knowledge Americans have of other nations reads as highly insufficient. This may be due to the geographic distance between the U.S. and other countries. Or, as...
Amanda-Rae Prescott was not alive when the BBC TV series “Poldark” premiered in 1975, but the 28-year-old flew in from New York to see its star speak in Evanston on Wednesday.
Prescott was one of...
Former BBC correspondent Lara Pawson spoke at Northwestern on Wednesday about “In the Name of the People” — her new book on the day thousands of Angolans died.
The “purge,” as Pawson calls...
Since television was invented, there have been fans of programs. However, with the rise of the Internet and social networking, a new type of fan has emerged, someone who is part of a “fandom.” A fandom...
At 1:50 p.m. Saturday, I will be sitting in Evanston’s Cinemark Century Theatres, 3D glasses on my nose, breathlessly watching David Tennant and Matt Smith team up to hopefully save the universe one...
