23 May 2012
Jimmy Iovine Talks up Tonight’s Idol Finale!
By Ann Fitzhenry Bedard // TV
Let me just put it out there – I love American Idol. I love watching the kids come in, hearts on sleeves, nervous, hoping against hope they will get their …
15 February 2012
Alyxandra Harvey Haunts Violet
By Ann Fitzhenry Bedard // Books
In her young adult novel, Haunting Violet, Alyxandra Harvey takes us on a journey to Britain in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is a world full of …
09 February 2012
Pride & Prejudice, The Murderous Sequel
By Ann Fitzhenry Bedard // Books
For fans of Jane Austen, like me, the publication of Death Comes to Pemberley was cause for a little celebration. The author, P.D. James, was born in Oxford in 1920, …
28 January 2012
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
By Ann Fitzhenry Bedard // Books
When I picked up this wonderfully researched and evocative novel, my knowledge of Ethiopia was woefully limited. Within a few pages, Abraham Verghese drew me in to a world of …
19 November 2010
2,500 Years of History in 42.2 Kilometers
By Ann Fitzhenry Bedard // Sports
The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC. Legend says that a soldier named Pheidippiedes ran from the site of the battle to Athens to relay news of the …
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