Friday, October 15, 2021

Weekend Links 10-15-21

It is Friday which means it is time for another roundup of interesting links. Not a whole lot to offer this week but perhaps at least a few of these will be of interest.

When it comes to themed hotels, no one does it quite like Disney. Their latest addition to the Walt Disney World resort is sure to satisfy any Star Wars fan (assuming you can afford it). Plus, while you are there, you can train to be a Jedi!

Season 2 of All Creatures Great and Small is not scheduled to air in the US until January 2022 but season 3 has already been announced. Faster, please.

Korean influence on culture is everywhere from music to television shows to the Oxford English Dictionary. 

How a painting once owned by Frank Sinatra inspired a classic television show. 

Joni Mitchell has a new retrospective album releasing soon and it contains a live recording with James Taylor in London in 1970 which is absolutely beautiful. 

Olivia Rutigliano offers praise for the classic Disney mystery The Great Mouse Detective.

Book excerpt: How British and American intelligence agencies almost merged at the outset of the Cold War and the Soviet mole who was in the middle of it all. 

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