tisdag 27 maj 2014

Beards and bestsellers

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This spring has been tough blog-wise. Mini-flus, colds, headaches, broadband installations and, I suppose, the odd moment of general lazines...
torsdag 8 maj 2014

The daftness of lovers

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Well, what do you know. There actually is such a thing as a well-written novel following a traditional blockbuster formula. I had almost giv...
torsdag 1 maj 2014

Totally made-up costume-drama intrigues - featuring Mr Selfridge (and more villains)

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There is a series of humorous books (I’ve not read them, just seen them about, plus I’ve heard the film version highly talked of) about pir...
tisdag 15 april 2014

Country-house mysticism (huh?) and Upstairs Downstairs-inspired family saga (yay - I think)

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Yes, I know, my blog posts on television have by far outnumbered the ones on books this year. But quite apart from the lengthy Downton debri...
söndag 30 mars 2014

The Paradise series two: here come the villains

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Funny, I never thought I'd be sad to hear The Paradise would be discontinued. However, it picked itself up so considerably in its secon...
onsdag 19 mars 2014

Solemn entertainment

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Pocahontas may be one of my least favourite animated Disney films, but there is one quote from it that has stayed in my mind. When the hero...
onsdag 12 mars 2014

Downtonathon: Predictions for Downton Abbey series five (and yeah - it's still wild guesses)

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Just one more blog post, and I'm through with my Downtonathon - for now. Though I had mixed success with my predictions for Downton seri...