Cilla (miniseries) nerves singing for Brian Epstein. A drama this good, with Smith in sparkling form, knows it can take its time to flourish." The Guardian wrote: "The third, and best, reason why Cilla is so watchable is Sheridan Smith. It's one of those extraordinary performances, like Julie Walters as Mo Mowlam, when an actress does more than play a real character; she becomes her, to the extent that it's hard for the viewer not to forget they're not actually watching a young Cilla Black. She sounds like her, too. I'd be interested to know what someone more qualified to judge (an
Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences The Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences has been published by the United States National Academy of Sciences since 1877 and presents biographies of selected members. This series of annual volumes (often abbreviated BMNAS), and the analogous British "Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society", are "important examples of biographical serials". The entries in the series are written by an academy member familiar with the subject's work and are written after the subject's death. Each entry includes a biography, photo, and a copy of the subject's signature. Recent biographies