Museum Hours

First, for those of a certain age, not that   Kingdom , the completely bonkers Lars Von Trier directed series set in a hospital in Copenhagen in which dishwashers discuss strange happenings from their location in the basement.  No, this is the completely bonkers Korean costume drama  set in the 16th century with scheming factions, invasion threats, goodies, baddies and .. zombies.  Whilst being pursued by ravenous hordes of the undead might feel a touch less than comfort viewing, in so many other respects this has everything one might need for a bit of light allegory of a pandemic evening. Without giving too much away, it's fairly clear from the outset that we are dealing with something of a leap from one species to another. This one doesn't involve bats and might look on the surface relatively benign with a little plant being the apparent culprit. Probably, its the combination of a harmless looking little plant and a corpse which makes it more troubling. Some

Some while ago, 'Two Brains' David Willets, in something of a tight corner, trawled up the antique use of the term 'want' to suggest that the phrase 'he wants our advice' didn't as mere One Brain types might have imagined convey a direct request to be told what we thought. Instead, as only truly superior types would appreciate, the interlocutor was actually in 'want  of ' and was merely requesting assistance in completing a particularly tricky thought process. They were, so to speak, in need of it. Since those bracingly etymological days, now when people actually do want you to do something they say that they are in need of it.   True professionals who have been on the training course say: 'I need you to ...' at the drop of a hat. Step out of the car; listen to me; sit down; stand up; finish the job; even drop the gun.  It is most obviously a staple of the police procedural. A micro going on macro aggression of over tooled p