From the “Sometimes, You Can Only Laugh” Department:  As usual on such occasions, I didn’t sleep on the non-stop trans-Atlantic flight from Salt Lake City to London.  Instead, I read Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in which she first introduced the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot — I can’t recall having read it before — and then, to my shame, watched five episodes from the first season of the current television series Watson, followed by listening... Read more

  Back in 2022, in preparation for the launch of our Six Days in August film project (which continues with our series of forthcoming Becoming Brigham documentary short features, currently in production), I reread Eugene England, Brother Brigham (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1980) and, as on my two previous readings of the book, really enjoyed it.  As I’ve said before, I recommend Brother Brigham highly.  If you can get hold of a copy of it, or find it online, I... Read more