Monthly Archives: March 2013

Arthur Conan Doyle Part I: An Eminently Victorian Gentleman among the Living

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Tobias Harper

The recent BBC television adaptation/modernization of the Sherlock Holmes stories, ‘Sherlock’, is quite good. But even as I watched it, something didn’t seem right. I finally realized that what made me uncomfortable was something about the identification between the characters … Continue reading →

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A.E. Manning, the Bodgies and Abnormal Psychology

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Tobias Harper

Image: nzhistory.net.nz In the late 1950s, a problem was gripping the youth of New Zealand. Like Australia, Britain and the US, youth seemed to be out of control. The symptoms were sex (‘immoral behavior’), alcohol, tobacco. the causes were less … Continue reading →

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