Columns & EssaysPolitics & Current AffairsSomething Stirs in Post-ChristendomYour America Alone thought for the day... Steyn's Song of the WeekThere's A Kind of Hush (All Over the World) with Peter Noone and Herman's HermitsA live Song of the Week with the irrepressible Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits and a great pop song by Les Reed and Geoff Stephens... Mark at the MoviesLive Around the Planet: Wednesday May 28thGuest host Melissa Howes fields questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the planet... Shaidle at the CinemaPather PanchaliUpon the centenary of Satyajit Ray, we present our late friend Kathy Shaidle's take on his 1955 classic Pather Panchali... Steyn on CultureA Baroness on BarrennessMark remembers P D James, and a remarkably prescient novel The War on Free SpeechLozza Laughs LastIn a stunning decision issued by the UK Court of Appeals (Civil Division), Mark's former colleague at GB News Laurence "Lozza" Fox has been delivered a sweet victory in a five year long case involving three individuals who falsely accused him of being racist... Ave atque valeAvalon with Carol Welsman and Russell MaloneMark remembers a dear friend of the Steyn Show musical family, the guitarist Russell Malone... The Bachman BeatTal Bachman: Cancelled by Popular Demand: My Final Rugby InstallmentTal Bachman wraps up his epic series... Laura's Links"God Bless The Peacemaker"Laura Rosen Cohen live blogs a truly historic event in Israel... Rick's FlicksLadies Choice: Clare Boothe Luce and the Nightmare of The WomenOn the night of the 1936 Broadway opening of The Women, its author Clare Boothe Luce – her new surname courtesy of her recent, second, marriage to TIME magazine publisher Henry Luce – escaped to the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building. Her first play, Abide With Me, had been a flop, closing after 36 performances the previous year. She had no intention of being in the audience if it happened again. The Women, like Abide With Me, was inspired by her disastrous first marriage to menswear heir and Olympic skater George Tuttle Brokaw. This time around she found the right approach to the subject – scabrous comedy instead of grisly drama – and The Women ran for over 650 performances despite competing on Broadway with John Gielgud's Hamlet, ... ![]() |
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