Best selling poet and essayist Maggie Smith’s work lends readers some hopeful pragmatism in dark times.
Maggie Smith
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Film review: “The Lady in the Van”
In the charming “The Lady in the Van,” Maggie Smith stars as the ornery Miss Shepherd, a homeless woman who meanders her way into playwright Alan Bennett’s upscale North London neighborhood. He allows her to temporarily park her home in his driveway, only for her to end up staying for 15 years. Scarred by events […]






