by Geoffrey | Oct 19, 2022 | News
Anachronisms are what? Anachronisms in historical fiction are things that don’t belong in the period in question. The BBC always gets letters from viewers who spot some detail in a costume drama that is out of place. Often they are physical, such as an item of...
by Geoffrey | Oct 10, 2022 | News
Irish history is not on the curriculum in England Irish history appears only where ‘The Irish Question’ becomes important in British history, as I have commented before. I said then that Black History Month might discourage the teaching of the stories of...
by Geoffrey | Oct 5, 2022 | News
The Great what? The Great was the title of a recent Channel Four series loosely based on the story of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. I commented before about the first series. and have now seen most of the second series. Sadly, I missed the last episode and...
