Road to Hamlet: Discovering Hamlet (1990)

This summer, thousands of us Cumberfans will descend upon London to see Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet. This is, of course, terribly exciting for all of us! Some are seeing Benedict live for the first time ever. Many of us are theatre novices. And then there’s the play: Hamlet. Probably Shakespeare’s most famous play. Maybe you’re […]

Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age – Jack Copeland

After Andrew Hodges’ book this is probably the best known biography. Overall really enjoyable. The way the author writes is extremely readable! Great length chapters with clear stop and start points to each. It focuses a lot on Turing’s work, often giving credit to him where it may have been misplaced over time (there are a […]

London, city of movies by Marta Luengo Cabanillas

It would be an insult to talk about London and don’t quote “Notting Hill” (1999). Both the film and the neighborhood. It’s stuck in the eyes of all those young dreamers the walks of Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant through Portobello Road or an impossible love hidden for a few days in Kensington and Chelsea. […]