The ITV Billy Piper Mansfield Park felt almost more like a summary of the book than a rendition of it at times. There were occasional scenes I loved - my favorite being when Fanny sits down to read Tom the racing news and Edmund pauses to look back at them. Mary Crawford was nicely acted; she was sympathetic for exactly the right reasons, completely honest about being a user. But mostly it was a fairly lightweight adaptation.
C.'s released some major new functionality for Splash of Wine - the best bit is the ability to make and use lists, as many and as varied as desired.
My newest Playmobil acquisitions seriously open up the options of recreating historic farming vignettes; also, now that I have a scythe (even better - two of them!), I can recreate classic Death personifications. Clearly these very scholarly goals are the reason I keep buying it.
I caught The Drowsy Chaperone a day before it closed in London, taking along a willing and visiting