Jane Austen documentary double feature
I’m late to the post in writing this (almost everyone has shared or seen this on facebook), but I feel it incumbent …
Silly, silly Supersizers Go Regency
This has to be one of the silliest shows ever to pose as a food documentary on the BBC. Restaurant critic Giles …
Found while looking for something else: Mikado prompt book
Whilst looking up the correct spelling of Pooh-Bah from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado, I chanced upon the prompt book …
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
By now, readers of this blog must know that I consider American documentaries to suffer miserably in comparison to those made across …
The Adventure of the Second Stain
Oh what a wonderful story for those who love to nitpick. It has so many nuggets that one can brood over on …
Sense and Sensibility The Musical review
Perhaps the worst person to review Sense and Sensibility The Musical is a Janeite. It’s a little hard …
What I’ve read/watched: Cold Comfort Farm
For some reason, Cold Comfort Farm had been preying on my mind recently. Some oblique reference to “something nasty in the woodshed” …
His Last Bow quiz
Certain things you leave till last. I’ve never read Agatha Christie’s Curtains, for instance, or the director’s cut of Blade Runner and for …
Jane Austen and textiles
U.K. Janeite Christopher Sandrawich sends me this link to the blog Textile Stories: The Fabric of Everyday Life. It’s the work of four …
UPDATE: Why am I not surprised? A “Devonton” Abbey comic
I just found this on GoComics.com: Agent Gates and the Secret Adventures of Devonton Abbey. From the website: Presenting a parody spin on …