Category Archives: anglophilia

Much Ado About Roald Dahl’s Writing Shed

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

Inside Dahl’s dream factory: His last Marlboro in the ashtray, author’s macabre garden shed needs saving By Robert Hardman, The Daily Mail, September 14, 2011   The wolves appear to have disappeared. But everything else is here – from the … Continue reading →

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Austen vs. Eyre: A Jane Showdown

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

‘Jane Eyre’ movie rekindles Austen vs. Bronte, the battle of the bonnets By Monica Hesse, The Washington Post, March 17, 2011 Enough with the empire waistlines, the sparkly dialogue, the pride, the prejudice, the Colin Firth trudging out of the … Continue reading →

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For the love of Marple

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

WTF Jennifer Garner As Miss Marple? By Sadie Stein, jezebel.com, March 29, 2011 ‘Nihilo sanc­tum estne?’ Miss Cross asked, famously and semi-accurately, in Rushmore. And contemplating the conundrum that is this Miss Marple remake, we’re left wondering the same thing. … Continue reading →

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Down the rabbit hole in 1903

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll’s tale has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged materials. Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and eight years after the birth of cinema, the … Continue reading →

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On kings and speeches

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

On the Matter of The King’s Speech by Evangeline Holland, Edwardian Promenade, March 1, 2011 Though his reign is firmly of the mid-twentieth century, George VI was an Edwardian. The second son of the Duke and Duchess of York (later … Continue reading →

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Royal Weddings, Realities and Fantasy

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

The Princess Bride: Royal Weddings for Everyone by Kathy E. Shrout, April 25, 2011, rd Magazine   Tiaras. All the best brides are wearing them. It’s a fairy-tale opener with a contemporary coda: Once upon a time, Prince William, the … Continue reading →

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Costume drama love

Posted on October 7, 2010 by

  A Love-Letter To BBC Costume Dramas By Sadie Stein, jezebel.com, Septemer 28, 2010 A new miniseries has one writer asking: what exactly is so comforting about these British period pieces, anyway? Describing the lavish new Downton Abbey, Jan Moir … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen’s Education

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

From “Jane Austen Went to School” by Tony Grant, London Calling    Punctuation Personified, 1760 version of A Pretty Little Pocket Book. Image from the British Library.   In 1782, at the age of 7, Jane Austen went to school … Continue reading →

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A Jane for Every Age

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

“The Jane Austen Signs of Middle Age,” Jane Austen’s World, September 2, 2010 Jane Austen fans tend to read her books repeatedly throughout their lives.  In an article in the Guardian UK, Charlotte Higgins describes how her identity with a … Continue reading →

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Dashing Dahl

Posted on August 11, 2010 by

Roald Dahl was a real-life James Bond style spy, new book reveals By Andrew Alderson, Telegraph.co.uk, August 7, 2010 Roald Dahl led an extraordinary life in America during the Second World War as a philandering James Bond-style spy with a … Continue reading →

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