“Most of Henry’s navy comprised hired-in ships or privately owned merchant ships pressed into service, but the Holigost was one of the four ‘great ships’ commissioned by the king.”
Advertising – Television’s Original Sin
“The question of how television fits together with advertising – and whether we should resist that relationship or embrace it – has haunted the medium since its origins. … When people called TV shows garbage, which they did all the time, until recently, commercialism was at the heart of the complaint. Even great TV could never be good art, because it was tainted by definition. It was there to sell.”