fredag 19 juni 2020

Gregory and the good old historical novel

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Seeing as my feelings about Philippa Gregory's novels (and the TV drama The White Queen , which was based on three of them) are mixed, ...
tisdag 2 juni 2020

Wish list for Doctor Who series 13

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So, yes, I admit, a large chunk of this list will be wishes for retcons of things that happened in series 12 , which aren't very probabl...
torsdag 21 maj 2020

The Timeless Child won't make me stop watching Doctor Who - but preachy episodes might

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OK, the DVD box set of series twelve of Doctor Who  is finally out: time to blog about it. I apologise to non-Whovians in advance, as there ...
onsdag 6 maj 2020

Cromwell on audio

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I've written a great many blog posts on Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy throughout the years. I've praised her Wolsey , ...
torsdag 23 april 2020

More quarantine viewing: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (don't get your hopes up)

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So... seeing as I thoroughly disliked the first Maleficent film, why did I even bother with the sequel? Well, one, at the time I saw it I w...
lördag 11 april 2020

Ranking the Pierce Brosnan Bond films

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It's true I haven't rewatched the old Sean Connery and Roger Moore classics for a while, but I think I can say that Pierce Brosnan i...
lördag 28 mars 2020

Why is it so hard to get Emma right?

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There's really no excuse for not blogging in the circumstances, is there? On Monday, I'll hopefully be back at the office (that I wo...