onsdag 24 januari 2018

The BBC Sense and Sensibility - a respectable achievement

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As a way of bolstering my pleasure in reading, I've started a Jane Austen Rereading Project. It's been a while since I've read m...
onsdag 10 januari 2018

Is The Crown sitting a little askew?

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Most of the time, reading background articles about TV shows you're following is highly satisfying. However, there are exceptions. Befor...
lördag 30 december 2017

New Year’s resolution: to read more (or better) books

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“Ooh, look, she’s reading a book, isn’t that nice”, a mother cooed to her toddler on the bus the other month, when same toddler was intrepi...
torsdag 7 december 2017

Class: A curate's egg of a Doctor Who spin-off

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Doctor Who spin-offs are a bit of mixed bunch. For my own part, I gave up on Torchwood about half-way in the first series, as I didn't ...
torsdag 23 november 2017

Shape up, Littlefinger - or, on second thoughts, don't

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My attempt to catch up with the Game of Thrones phenomenon is trundling along. I'm now half-way through season two, and I admit it'...
onsdag 8 november 2017

Sarah Waters to the rescue

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Finally! For the first time in what seems like ages, I read a book I really liked and didn't either give up on or have to struggle to fi...
onsdag 25 oktober 2017

The Buccaneers - costume-drama yawnfest

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Perhaps it is good to be reminded that everything period-related from the Nineties - which I fondly remember as The Golden Age of costume dr...