Dec 17, 20186 min readRape, consent & victim blaming in Reign #1Reign may be a not-so-historical young adult drama in a period setting, but it does address victim-blaming, the trauma that follows rape...
Dec 16, 20184 min readHistory rewritten in The Tudors, S3This is the third blog post on historical inaccuracies in The Tudors. It was originally written an published on Tudor Blogger website by...
Nov 29, 20185 min readWomen, race & homosexuality in Black SailsSPOILERS ALERT Black Sails does address the minority representation issues better than many Hollywood films and mainstream tv series, yet...
Nov 21, 20184 min readHistory rewritten in The Tudors, S2This is the second blog post on historical inaccuracies in The Tudors. It was originally written an published on Tudor Blogger website by...
Nov 17, 20185 min readHistory rewritten in The Tudors, S1This is a guest blog post, originally written an published on Tudor Blogger website by Helene Phoebe Harrison (follow her on Facebook &...
Nov 15, 20184 min readReign: does costume inaccuracy spoil the show?For those of you who haven't seen Reign, it is based on Mary Stuart's life in France as a fiance/wife to Francis II. The tv series has...
Nov 2, 20186 min readWolf Hall review: sombre, slow & serene The general feeling of the mini-series fits in with the writer's and probably the filmmakers' intent - the story is just as serene and...
Oct 29, 20181 min readWolf Hall, 2015What's it about? Set in 16th century England, during the reign of Henry VIII and based on Hilary Mantel's novel with the same title, Wolf...
Oct 26, 20184 min readHenry VIII in The Tudors: young, lustful & not so gingerHenry VIII is one of the most famous monarchs in the UK and probably the whole world - and one of the most controversial ones. There are...
Oct 17, 20182 min readWhy you should be excited about the upcoming Medici: The Magnificent (2018) First of all, the promo for Medici: The Magnificent, unlike the first instalment Medici: Masters of Florence, is entirely in Italian....
Oct 16, 20186 min readPoldark: what's wrong with George WarlegganAs a short introduction — George Warleggan is the antagonist of Poldark series, the main villain and the ultimate 'what a man shouldn't...
Oct 12, 20183 min readHenry VIII's favourite sister: how the real princess Mary became Margaret in The Tudors #2The Tudors is the show that focuses heavily on Henry VIII's biography and personal relations - however, one of the closest people in...
Oct 9, 20185 min readVanity Fair 2018: what is it trying to be — and is it failing? The latest Vanity Fair series has just been on UK television, and I am finally introduced to this classic of 19th century British period...
Oct 8, 20184 min readHenry VIII's sister & Scotland's Queen: who was the real princess Margaret? #1One of the biggest historical inaccuracies of The Tudors series was the intentional creation of Princess Margaret character - which was...
Oct 7, 20181 min readHelen Mirren as Catherine the Great in the new mini-seriesOscar-winning actress Helen Mirren will play Catherine II in the four-part series by HBO. According to the announcement on HBO website,...
Oct 5, 20181 min readReign, 2013-2017What's it about? Set in 16th century France, the story follows teen years of Mary Stuart - when at the age of 15 she arrives to France to...
Oct 4, 20181 min read'Chronicles of Narnia' remake as TV series by NetflixAlthough Chronicles of Narnia isn't strictly a historical series, fantasy genre drives heavily from Medieval culture, costumes and...
Oct 2, 20181 min readPoldark, 2015-2018What's it about? Set in late 18th century England, it follows the story of Ross Poldark - a gentleman who returned from war to his...
Oct 2, 20181 min readMedici: Masters of Florence, 2016What's it about? Set in 15th century Florence, it follows the story of the Medici brothers Cosimo and Lorenzo - who are trying to find...
Sep 30, 20181 min readVictoria, 2016What's it about? Set in 19th century, the show is all about Queen Victoria - from her coming to power to her establishing herself as...
