My local public library has recently installed an electronic resource system that can be accessed by any patron from any computer. I found 260 detailed...
We still have five tickets left! The Origins of the Wild West Show A lecture by Jonathan C H King Thursday 22nd June 2006 at 7.30 pm In 1759, Samuel Johnson...
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Jun 16, 2006 11:04 am
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For those of you that can receive BBC4, there is a dramatised documentary about Dr Johnson on Monday 26th June, 9pm. This is part of the season on the 18th...
Natasha McEnroe
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Jun 20, 2006 11:37 am
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Is it possible that items like this will ever be available on BBC DVD?, -- Etc, Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon, Vicar-general North American Old Roman Catholic Church...
Hopefully, a DVD will be sent to me to put in the library here. I am not sure if this will work on any other than British DVDs though - ? Natasha McEnroe ...
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Jun 20, 2006 3:31 pm
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... sure if this will work on any other than British DVDs though - ?<<< It will work on what is called "region free" players, which I thankfully have..., -- ...
... Not quite that simple - you also need to be able to handle our PAL video encoding. If your DVD player can't handle it then at least it should be viewable...
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... Good point. I forgot to mention that mine's region-free, NTSC/PAL compatible, -- Etc, Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon, Vicar-general North American Old Roman...
I will do my best to record the BBC4 programme this coming week. --- Mary B. ... From: Natasha McEnroe To: Johnsonian@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 20,...
... Has anyone seen the Hebrides program with Robbie Coltrane? Is it worthwhile?, -- Etc, Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon, Vicar-general North American Old Roman...
Saw the doc this eve on BBC4. I don't have the facility to tape it, sadly. It was quite good. The dramatized sections were a bit laboured, but all the pundits...
Johnson, Boswell and the Abolition of Slavery A lecture by Professor James Basker Friday 14th July 2006 at 7.30 pm Johnson is remembered as the greatest man of...
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Jun 30, 2006 10:07 am
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How Johnson's Dictionary was Made A lecture by Dr Anne McDermott Thursday 3rd August 2006 at 7.30 pm It's often assumed that dictionaries are made in...
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Jul 19, 2006 2:00 pm
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I've gotten a couple requests on this one: "It is incident to physicians, I am afraid, beyond all other men, to mistake subsequence for consequence." In the...
Frank, You can join the online Oxford Journals for free and then pay to read Johnson's reviews in the August and September issues of LIterary Magazine. If you...
We are delighted to announce our new website at Dr Johnson's House, which can be found at www.drjohnsonshouse.org <http://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/> . Do have...
Natasha McEnroe
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Jul 25, 2006 2:31 pm
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Have you heard this? click on "listen to this issue of in our times" http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20051027.shtml <<BBC - Radio 4 In...
A wonderful broadcast. Nothing new, but all pleasantly presented, especially for this perpetual novice. One completely wrong thing I noted, however, is this:...
Greetings. I finally started reading "Defining the world" by Hitchings. Its well-written and I'm learning much. But also I had a question. When did Dr....
That, and other helpful points in time, can be found here: http://www.samueljohnson.com/timeline.html Frank From: Richard Kelly <richwkelly@...> Date:...
Those of you who were able to attend our lecture here at Dr Johnson's House last Thursday will be pleased to hear that it featured in The Guardian! Read the...
Natasha McEnroe
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Sex, Scandal and Celebrity: the rake's progress of Beau Brummell A lecture by Ian Kelly Thursday 14th September 2006 at 7.30 pm The life of Beau Brummell, wit,...
Natasha McEnroe
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Aug 18, 2006 11:11 am
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Sex, Crime and Passion in Nelson's London Study day Saturday 21 October 11.00 - 16.30 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Venture into the underworld of...
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“The Famous Miss Burney” A one-woman play, written and performed by Karin Fernald Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th October 2006 at 7.30 pm This...
Natasha McEnroe
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Sep 15, 2006 10:18 am
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Just a small reminder amid all that cries for our attention: Monday, September 18 is Samuel Johnson's birthday. I look at the day's date as a pleasant reminder...
Yes, I heartily agree with you. We have celebrations here next weekend. Civic officialdom doesn't let us have our ceremonies until the Saturday after the...
OK, you know the drill about Desert Island Discs. Ten records, a luxury item, you can presume the Bible and Shakespeare are there, ya da da ya da da. So, for...
As an old ex-newspaperman and magazine writer (and still licing by the keyboard) my life has been guided by: "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for...
As an Old Roman, I must of necessity hold to, and continue to enjoy the humor of, the one-liner about women's preaching... (no offence intended), -- Etc, Fr M...
