Film
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On my period drama radar | June & July 2022
We are spoilt over the next couple of weeks for period dramas in my opinion (and as you can see, I’ve been re-watching my favourites from the cover photo of this blog) – an embarrassment of Regency riches, as well as one big musical biopic, that I am desperate to get to see. Here’s what read more
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Bridgerton Season 2 Review for BSECS Criticks
Hello! I’ve been a bit quiet recently – I started a new job, and have been doing lots of writing, but none of it has made it onto my blog… soon, I promise, I have so many ideas and have planned in time to get working on them! But I wanted to share something I read more
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What to read if you love “Bridgerton”
Once you’ve read Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton books in order, and devoured the new episodes of Bridgerton Season 2, what’s next? read more
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Empire lines and puff sleeves: The (real) fashion of “Bridgerton”
It is difficult not to get swept up in the beautifully made world of Shondaland and Netflix’s Bridgerton, which has just returned for its second season, and is based on the books by Julia Quinn. The storylines are all-encompassing, the sets candy-coloured confections and, perhaps most of all, the costumes are slightly awe-inspiring. Set in read more
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Mini-Post | Happy 100th birthday Doris Day!
Doris Day is one of my favourite actresses, so I knew I had to celebrate her 100th birthday today with a little post! Born Doris May Ann von Kappelhoff in Cincinnati, Ohio, she began as a dancer, before an accident forced her to pursue singing instead. She got her start as a big band vocalist, read more
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On my period drama radar | April 2022
There are so many wonderful period dramas on my radar at the moment, plus I keep finding ones I’ve never seen before on streaming services that are now sitting in an endless “to watch” list. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a full time job as a period drama critic? (If that isn’t a job read more
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Mini-Post | Bridgerton and Petworth House
A mini-peek into one of the Bridgerton filming locations for season 2. read more
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The Newport Casino & the Gilded Age
The penultimate episode of “The Gilded Age” HBO took a little trip to Newport, Rhode Island, and had the characters socialising at the Newport Casino. The Newport Casino opened in 1880 (only two years before the show is set!) and was designed as a new model of social club. The entrance on Bellevue Avenue (just read more
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New Podcast | The Eighteenth Century on Screen
Hello! I’m so excited to share with you today a new podcast that I was very excited to be asked to be part of: the British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies’ (BSECS) podcast Coffee House Perspectives. The podcast, as per their website, “brings together experts from the field of eighteenth-century studies to discuss and debate read more
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Period Dramas I’ve been enjoying recently | January 2022
I don’t know what it is about the colder months, but nothing beats watching a period drama with a cup of tea – either early in the morning over breakfast (normally how I start my day!), or finishing off the day when it gets dark. Either way, here are some of the period drama shows read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 