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* Inspiration for the modern gardener or smallholder from Britain's great country estate and their...

Washing Up is Good for You
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When you let yourself focus on any activity, however mundane, when you feel the warm water running...
Counter-History of the Present: Untimely Interrogations into Globalization, Technology, Democracy
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In Counter-History of the Present Gabriel Rockhill contests, dismantles, and displaces one of the...

EU, Europe Unfinished: Mediating Europe and the Balkans in a Time of Crisis
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What is the meaning of the Balkans in the early 21st century? Former Yugoslav countries seek a...

Groovy Science: Knowledge, Innovation, and American Counterculture
David Kaiser and Patrick McCray
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In his 1969 book The Making of a Counterculture, Theodore Roszak described the youth of the late...

David McK (3600 KP) rated Star Trek Beyond (2016) in Movies
Mar 6, 2021
This time around, Idris Elba plays the baddie role as a character who later proves to have a surprising link with The Federation, with the film also apparently including 50 new alien species as it was released in the year of the 50th anniversary of the TV series.
And therein lies part of the problem: that was hardly broadcast at all - indeed, I feel that they missed a major trick in not broadcasting that fact at all!
While the loose outline of the plot deals with ageing, and with a farewell given to Ambassador Spock, this is perfectly serviceable but not as good as the original film in the Kelvin trilogy (IMO).

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