A few days ago for some reason we were talking about our travels, and suddenly remembered that it was exactly, on the day, five years since we arrived in Fiji (yeah I know, we acknowledge strange anniversaries like this in my family). And I realized too that then it must be more or less five [...]

When I lived in England for half a year I got to see the 2008 version of Sense & Sensibility when it was first aired on television. And since then I haven’t seen it again, not until a few days ago that is. Not because I didn’t like it, I did, but because I didn’t [...]

I just came back from a walk to discover a package had arrived for me from Amazon! What a lovely surprise! I love getting packages from them, somehow it feels like getting presents, even though I know I’ve paid for it myself… (oh yes, all of £0.01!)
The book I got was Our Mutual [...]

Or maybe I should say some gorgeous gowns instead, that might be more appropriate. I have just been spending some time browsing through the online collection of historical garments found on this Danish website Tidens Tøj.
They have so many pretty items on there! Apparently this collection is a part of the National [...]

I wrote about Lark Rise to Candleford before, this summer when we had just finished watching season one of this series. We all loved it, and for a long time I have impatiently been waiting for the opportunity to see season two. And finally that opportunity came!

I was delighted when I found out that this [...]

The second interview I got here is one with my good friend Justin Gist Preuninger. Justin too I met at the Jane Austen Festival in Bath. I can tell you that it was a very good place to meet people who share my passion about this subject!
Justin has recently started a very nice [...]

Alright, I thought I’d give you a little update on how the society/ball project is going.

I mentioned in a comment on my last post about a ball that I thought I might have found something, and what I meant by that was this. After I had written that post I decided to do one more [...]

The reason I haven’t written anything about the Dickens adaptations we bough a little while back is because I haven’t yet seen many of them. But one of them we’ve just finished watching. The six hour long The Pickwick Papers.

I’ve never seen a screen adaptation of this book before, but I have read the book. [...]

Yes, so I am. My dear papa has persuaded me that it would be a good idea to join. so now I have. )
My plan is to write there fairly regularly, but whether or not I succeed in carrying out that intention I suppose remains to be seen…. Anyway, should anyone be interested in [...]

I just came across this, and it was so funny that I had to share it!
There is a part of me that thinks it is very disrespectful to the book (Pride and Prejudice) and the characters. But it was really funny! It does have one “bad” word in it though, just so you know. [...]