Netflix’s eight-episode Bridgerton (2020), the latest period drama to grace our screens, is the first of what could be many series of Julia Quinn’s eight-part Bridgerton historical romance novels set in Regency England. Based on Quinn’s The Duke and I, Bridgerton [S1] is … Continue reading
Lancaster House in London has been a popular film location for many period dramas. In the last decade it’s been the predominant location for the interior of Buckingham Palace in the following dramas: Bridgerton (2020) Vanity Fair (2018) The Crown … Continue reading
ITV’s seven-part Vanity Fair (2018) debuted last September in the UK and in Canada (CBC). Although it wasn’t my favourite adaptation, I enjoyed spotting familiar places around South East England that I had visited. If you are interested in visiting some of … Continue reading
Fans of BBC’s Call The Midwife who wish to see 1950-60’s Poplar can join the official Call the Midwife Tour in the Historic Dockyard Chatham, the film location of the mid-Century series (and countless of other period dramas). These 90-minute walking tours around the 400-year-old Dockyard are led by guides dressed as midwives in a blue uniform and red hat. … Continue reading
9 November 1888. The mutilated body of 25-year-old Mary Jane Kelly was found in her bed in 13 Miller’s Court. She was the youngest, and possibly the last (at least during Autumn 1888), victim of Jack the Ripper. A few … Continue reading
The Lady and the Rose 