On a lighter note, I have watched more of The Expanse and I can tell that I am going to be here 110% for the relationship between Avasarala and Bobbie. Terrifying political mastermind and terrifying space marine from opposite sides of a war bonding, and they're both women? I have waited all my life for this. I like Cotyar too, if you wanted to make ( Read more... )

- I have been reading Victorian instruction manuals for household servants. The one for nursemaids has surprisingly sound advice on teaching kids good table manners, and also advice about feeding infants that makes me amazed that infant mortality wasn't higher. The one on being a good lady's maid is full of gems like 'it is a blessing to the heart ( Read more... )

A couple of things I have read/watched/etc recently.

The Spy and the Traitor, Ben MacintyreMacintyre has a great line in tell-all real-life spy dramas; he's written several for WW2 and they're all very readable and fascinating, so when I saw this on the shelf in Sainsbury's I knew it wouldn't disappoint, and it hasn't. This is the story of Oleg ( Read more... )