Period Drama
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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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Podcast | Historical Friction, “Lost in Austen” (2009)
I’ve been putting all my knowledge (and immense love!) of Jane Austen to use recently – a couple of weeks ago, I did an event with Edgehill University entitled “Pride, Prejudice and First Impressions: Jane Austen’s World of Country Houses, Sisterhood and Social Comment” – it was recorded and is available for anyone who is read more
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Review | Why you need to binge watch “Bridgerton” immediately
Netflix dropped its latest bingeworthy series, Bridgerton, on Christmas Day, and here is my post to sing its praises and request that not only can we please have a second series, but also that Shonda Rhimes, and her production company Shondaland, be in charge of making even more period drama series. I’ll try not to read more
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Five things to read, listen to and watch for cosy autumn evenings
I get so excited for every season, but I love the cosiness of autumn as it draws in during September and October. I’m already enjoying eating pumpkin spice-flavoured everything even though Savannah hasn’t cooled down too much yet, and spending evenings curled up with cups of tea and books, as well as exploring things to read more
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7 Period Drama Filming Locations to Visit From Home
Take virtual tours of these seven filming locations from your favourite period dramas. read more
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March 2020 in Review
March has been a crazy month the whole world over. When I set myself the theme of Reading Women for Women’s History Month, I didn’t know we’d be ending the month with plenty of time at home to spend on reading books by women, about women’s history and women’s studies. So I think I’ll be read more
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Favourite Period Dramas: Darcy, Green Gables and Morse
For me, autumn always seems to be period drama season, and also, that means Sunday nights spent in front of the TV watching the drama unfold against the backdrop of different historical periods, whilst I drink either tea or wine and the weather gets colder. I love how period dramas can give you a feel read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 