Lucy Worsley sparked Brexit debate over ‘King Henry VIII laying foundation for leaving EU’

Reformation: Expert draws parallels with Brexit Britain The TV historian returns to screens tonight on the BBC show Blitz Spirit With Lucy Worsley, which explores World War 2 through six survivors’ accounts. The 47-year-old has delved into the deep crevices of the past to unearth little-known information and, at times, dispel historic mistruths. In one […]

QOTD: Can You Build an Ideal Crapwagon Garage? (Part VIII: Convertibles)

Over the past seven weeks, we’ve spent time filling the various sections of our Crapwagon Garage with the sort of vehicles only a true connoisseur of cheap can appreciate. This eighth edition in the series is the last we have planned, unless one of you enterprising members of the commentary can think of some style […]

Ys VIII shows NIS America remains committed to bringing Japanese RPGs to Steam

If the Super Nintendo and then the PlayStation consoles were the best place for role-playing games from Japan years ago, the PC is a part of that lineage now. Publisher NIS America revealed today that is launching the Steam version of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana on January 30. Developer Falcom is also planning a […]

2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII Dissected: Interior, Design, Powertrain, and More!

– Rolls-Royce’s Phantom enjoys the longest-lived model name on the market today, but new versions of the spectral range topper don’t come along very often. The first arrived in 1925, and, with fairly substantial furloughs between some generations, this new version is only the eighth to bear the name. Its design sticks close to the […]

2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII Driven: Eighth Generation of Excellence

– There are many attractions to being a billionaire. You could open a private zoo, commission statues depicting yourself as various historical figures striking heroic poses, or—if you want to go full Blofeld—hollow out your private island to hide a moon-melting death ray. Alternatively, you could forget such fripperies and just buy a Rolls-Royce Phantom. […]

2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII – First Drive Review

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Apparition Acquisition: Rolls-Royce Conjures Seven Historic Phantoms to Welcome All-New Phantom VIII

– The eighth-generation Rolls-Royce Phantom is set to appear in late July in England. And although a phantom by the traditional definition is a ghostly entity that is seen, heard, or sensed but has no physical reality, such has never characterized any of the Phantoms produced by Rolls-Royce over the last 92 years. Indeed, Rolls-Royce is doing […]

Details About Laura Dern and Benicio del Toro’s Characters Among Bounteous ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ Revelations

Vanity Fair has done a massive cover story on the upcoming Star Wars film helmed by Rian Johnson (who also, as a rarity for such an immense-budgeted franchise film, is credited as its sole writer). The piece is a sweeping look into the making of the The Last Jedi — and as limitedly sweeping a preview of it as […]