About a month ago, the picture above made1 the rounds on social media. As I’m neither social nor a medium, I missed its original moment…
CIPC #305: Taggart E3, Murder in season
After all these years, there are still British detective series that have never been mentioned on this blog. One of them is Taggart, but after…
CIPC extra: The best and worst of 2022
2022 has been quite a turbulent year. The most remarkable thing, the one that will stick in people’s minds for the longest, is probably the…
CIPC #304: 1985 Sears Christmas wish book
Gather round, ye young ones, and listen as an old man tells a tale of days gone by. Suppose that, long time ago before the…
CIPC #303: The adventures of dr. Fu Manchu intro
Once more, quite some time after the crime doctor and Philo Vance, we’re brutally tearing another long-forgotten franchise from Morpheus’ arms and putting it right…
CIPC #302: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S14 E16, Killer Moves
The hugely popular television series about crime scene investigations, CSI, started over twenty years ago now. Since then, there have been so many season, adaptations,…
CIPC #301: Stalag 17
A while ago, when I talked about Hogan’s heroes, I mentioned how odd of an idea it seemed to have a comedy set in a…
CIPC #300: Arturo Pérez-Reverte, La tabla de Flandes
Following in my own illustrious footsteps, I will once more regale you with my running commentary — purely from a chess point of view, of…
CIPC #299: Bernard Bear, Chess
People often think that early childhood is a happy, carefree time where other people make your food, where you have no bills to pay, and…
CIPC #298: Rage at dawn
That’s terrible advice. Clearly, you should rage in the late afternoon. At that point, most people have already had a stressful day and are ready…