His favourite words are Anglo-Saxon, like "bundle", although followers
of his Twitter feed are used to more colourful phrases. Stephen Fry will
ask in a new BBC series where language comes from and whether we are better at speaking
than we were.
Treme is a popular television show set in the Tremé neighbourhood in New Orleans. The series begins three months after Hurricane Katrina and shows ordinary New Orleanians, including musicians and Mardi Gras Indians, trying to rebuild their lives.
Camelot gave its name to a 1960 Broadway musical by Alan Jay Lerner and
Frederick Loewe. The show was adapted into a 1967 film of the same name,
which starred Richard Harris as Arthur, Vanessa Redgrave as Guenevere
and Franco Nero as Lancelot.
The young Tom Goldstein played in the World Series of Poker tournament, but he never used his winnings to support his law firm. His television alter ego, however, does. Accuracy sometimes gets lost for the sake of entertainment.
To accompany Claudia Hellman's article "Shop and save in New York City" in the January issue of Spotlight, we've prepared an online Big Apple experience that uses video, old and new, to convey the magic, myth and drama of this extraordinary place.
