Georgiana Podsnap's journal

I recently read two articles on the history and status of the crime genre which followed an all-too-familiar pattern. You could call it ...

I have to admit it: when it comes to TV adaptations of "David Copperfield" I am starting to get jaded. The one with the Little Lor...

It's not often I buy a book in hardcover. I know hardcover books are more elegant and durable, but try lugging one to work and back for ...

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...