The BBC iPlayer is a marvellous thing and has allowed me to watch Stephen Fry telling the story of Gutenberg's press which I missed when it was first broadcast on Monday. I know there are other ways of getting to see it through a range of sources, more or less legal and moral, but the iPlayer is easy to use and does as much as I need.
The programme follows the model of providing a history lesson while a bunch of eccentric experts attempt to recreate the subject using traditional techniques. The press that is, not Stephen Fry. This, in itself, is interesting enough but the best thing about the programme, and the element that is Stephen Fry at his best, is the reminder of the transformational impact the press and the introduction of movable type printing had on European civilisation. All that and some wonderful camera work, particularly in Strasbourg.
Time for a cup of tea before I start painting the utility room.
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