It occurs to me that P.G. Wodehouse and Trollope have a lot in common. Trollope is adept at describing the sons of Lords and Barons and their ennui, their drinking, their lack of respect for parents, their lack of ambition, their gambling, etc. Wodehouse attacks them full on, Trollope is more sly. Nidderdale, Miles Grendall, Felix--all completely useless.
Solid opening 30 minutes (we're treating this like a mini-series). O's involvement with left-wing causes . . . rift with Einstein (O thinks of him as over-the-hill and Einstein knows it.) First splitting of atom. Lawrence Lab in Berkeley--Lawrence practical applied physics . . . not O's strength. Main actor is from Peaky Blinders.
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