>> Maureen Dowd, The New York Times Published: 01 Jun 2021 05:43 PM BdST Updated: 01 Jun 2021 05:43 PM BdST The actress Kate Winslet in England, May 25, 2021. “Not only did I have to hide myself in the character completely, but I had to hide this story, carry the secret,” said Winslet of her role in the HBO limited series “Mare of Easttown.” The New York Times Philly’s a tough town. "); } If there’s a quintessential story about the City of Brotherly Love, it’s this one: In 2015, when Canadian researchers developed a child-sized hitchhiking robot with a big smile and yellow wellies, the hitchbot made it across Europe and halfway down the East Coast, offering friendly small talk to anyone it encountered. Then it got to Philadelphia, where it was promptly torn limb from limb and left in an alley.