Georgiana Podsnap's journal

All right, so claiming that Fagin in the latest BBC adaptation was portrayed as an Orthodox Jew was a bit of an exaggeration. He didn't ...

The other day, I paid a hefty sum for two large DVD box sets full of old TV series based on Dickens novels, thinking I was replacing the one...

This is the time of year when I should feel my spirits reviving after a long, cold winter. Spring is in the air, or nearly. I no longer have...

I seem to be stuck half-way in several TV series at once at the moment. "West Wing" season one - because I've seen it too many...

So now it's official: there won't be a new "David Copperfield" adaptation either. The BBC axed "Dombey and Son" ...

I recently went to see the latest animated Disney film "Tangled", and - no surprises there - it was excellent. Not quite as good a...

I have neglected the historical studies lately. The reason is that, after having finished reading the satisfactory Jude Morgan regency roman...