You could be forgiven if, asked how most of the victims in Pompeii died when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, you replied that they were asphyxiated by ash and poisonous gas...

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In some ways, Ewan McGregor makes an ideal narrator for the PBS Nature program Wild Way of the Vikings...

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BLACK LUNG DISEASE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN RETREAT. SO WHAT HAPPENED? By Alex Strachan

It’s been a rough news week for the state of Kentucky, and it’s not likely to get any better with the PBS Frontline exposé, Coal’s Deadly Dust...

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DAVID ATTENBOROUGH MEETS ‘KING LEAR’: ‘DYNASTIES’ IS A DARKER, ADULT LOOK AT THE ANIMAL KINGDOM By Alex Strachan

Remember Blue Planet II and its moments of wonder and grace? Dynasties is not that. This new David Attenborough-narrated nature series is darker and more adult, though no less compelling for it...

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THE 2019 GOLDEN GLOBES: HOW THE SMALL SCREEN GREW BIG ALL OF A SUDDEN By Alex Strachan

A new year, another awards season...

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