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Celebrating the release of Bridgerton Season 3 (Part 1)!
Happy Sunday! It’s been an exciting few days in which we have FINALLY (after 2 years!) been able to see part of the new season of Bridgerton on screen. Without any spoilers, I can safely say it has been worth the wait, and I can’t wait for Part 2 to drop on June 13th! It’s read more
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Adapting Jane Austen | A shirt for sale
Good morning! I couldn’t resist sharing this news story with you: the shirt worn by Colin Firth in the 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is up for auction today! As part of an auction for charity, it goes up with 68 other lots from iconic period dramas, from Poldark to Ever After. I’ve been read more
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Adapting Jane Austen | “An American in Austen”
Film poster copyright Hallmark Channel. Anyone who is a fan of Jane Austen, and Austen adaptations, has been pretty spoiled this February if they also like the Hallmark Channel. Confession: I enjoy the Hallmark Channel a lot. I have watched their previous Jane Austen forays (and there have been a few… watch for a future read more
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Introducing a new series | Adapting Jane Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged (to anyone who knows me, or who reads my blog) that I not only adore Jane Austen, but I love watching ANY adaptation of her work. And I mean any: if it’s based on Jane Austen, I will watch it, and I will love or hate it, but I read more
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Article in BBC History Magazine | February 2024 issue
On stands today is BBC History’s 300th issue of their magazine, and I am over the moon to say that this special issue includes an article by me… I’m sharing five things you (probably) didn’t know about the Regency period! I hope if that you pick up a copy, you really enjoy it! It’s a read more
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Regency History Course | HistoryExtra Academy
I am so thrilled to announce that today, my course on the history of the Regency in Britain, has gone LIVE with HistoryExtra Academy over at BBC History!!! Here’s a video that I posted yesterday explaining a bit more about the course… The course is available to anyone who is a member of HistoryExtra (you read more
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Launching in January 2024…
Image by Thomas Rowlandson, “Plate 15: From World in Miniature”, 1816, Met Museum. It is a truth universally acknowledged that although I am an historian of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, I can’t help that I find the Regency period perhaps the most interesting of all – it is hard not to, when dramas, read more
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“Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” Review for BSECS Criticks
Cover image: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz by Thomas Frye, 1762. Image copyright National Portrait Gallery, NPG D9089. If you’re anything like me, you are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the third series of Bridgerton, or at the very least, an announcement of its release date. This year, however, we were treated to an extra: an origin read more
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Thirteen Favourite Things to do in Savannah, Georgia
As of last week, I’ve lived in Savannah, Georgia for four years, which, quite frankly, has gone by in a flash. I love our adopted home city – though I definitely love flying back across the pond, and miss prawn cocktail crisps, Percy Pig sweets and at this time of year, mince pies – and read more
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Mini-Post | The Gilded Age and the Elms
Have you been watching the new season of The Gilded Age? I’ve been loving seeing Newport on screen, where the nouveau riche Russell family have just completed their home, with their (very handsome and eligible) son Larry testing out his architectural skills. Taking a starring role as the Russell home is the Elms, a beautiful read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 