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12 Books to Read If You Like “Daisy Jones and the Six”
Now I know I get excited about a LOT of historical dramas, but one makes its debut today on Amazon Prime that I’ve been counting down to for a very long time. It is the premiere of the Daisy Jones and the Six TV show, starring Riley Keough as the titular Daisy Jones, and Sam read more
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On my period drama radar | Winter 2022
After a lot of early nineteenth-century focussed period dramas earlier this year, I’m excited to have lots of different things Dangerous Liaisons Confession: I’ve never read Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, nor seen an adaptation of it. And there are some good ones to choose from: the 1988 film starring John Malkovich, read more
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Review | “Pride and Protest” by Nikki Payne
I get incredibly excited whenever I come across a new retelling of Jane Austen novels, especially when it is one that transforms my favourite of all her novels, Pride and Prejudice. I think the best part of the way different authors play with the story and satire Austen first shared with the world in 1813 read more
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Getting up close with the waterlilies: Some thoughts on Monet, the Immersive Experience
Title Image: Water Lilies, 1917/19, Honolulu Museum of Art. You may have realised, if you’ve followed this blog for a while, or my Instagram account, that there are a couple of things that I really love and, not to put too fine a point on it, won’t shut up about. One is Jane Austen, another read more
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Romeo, Juliet, and… Rosaline?
Autumn to me always says period drama season: it seems to usher in the Sunday night drama, even though they are available all year round, but I think it has something to do with the nights drawing in and the temperatures dropping. I’ve started my last couple of posts with this cosy fantasy… apparently I read more
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Mr Malcolm’s List Review for BSECS Criticks
Hello! I feel like I start every post recently apologising for being a little quiet – this summer has been exciting for so many reasons but the main one is that I finally got married with our family and UK friends around us! To cut a long story short – we eloped two years ago read more
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Happy 35th Birthday Dirty Dancing!
Welcome to my blog celebrating my love for Dirty Dancing, which is thirty-five years old this summer! (It was first shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1987, and had its theatrical release in the US on August 21st that same year.) You know I love an important piece of romantic comedy history, so read more
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Persuasion Review for BBC History Extra
I am absolutely THRILLED (capitals necessary, I’m an excitable person!) to share that I was asked to review Persuasion from an historian’s perspective for History Extra, the website of BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. My review has gone live today, and if you are a subscriber (or fancy trialing the website free for read more
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A Castle in California
No, I promise that is not the name of a Hallmark movie (though it could well be) – if you saw this photo, where in the world would you think we are? You might be surprised to find out this castle isn’t found in Italy – in actual fact, it’s found in California’s wine country, read more
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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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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 