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My 2026 To-Watch Period Dramas (Nov 2026 Update)

My 2026 To-Watch Period Dramas (Nov 2026 Update)

A new year means new period dramas! And returning period dramas! I am finding that period drama releases are somewhat slowing down, and I will guess that has something to do with everyone everywhere shrinking their budgets. However, we still have several fantastic period dramas […]

Book Bite: Queen of Lombard Street

Book Bite: Queen of Lombard Street

This year has been an interesting one for reading. I have been doing my best to branch out to other genres, but I find myself coming back to non-fiction history and historical fiction time and time again. And I was more than excited to find […]

Queen Alexandra’s Mary, Queen of Scot Costume

Queen Alexandra’s Mary, Queen of Scot Costume

This week’s post is a day early but I am hoping that everyone will forgive me, as I wanted to make sure I posted for Halloween. While I am not a massive fan of Halloween (as an admittedly easily-scared individual), there is one element of […]

Book Bite: Yap! A Short History of Small Dogs

Book Bite: Yap! A Short History of Small Dogs

Given that I strongly believe that we need more non-fiction history books written by women, it is only fitting that my last book recommendation of Women’s History Month is a fantastic new book written by a woman! As someone who has a small dog (a […]

My Favourite Female-Focused Period Dramas

My Favourite Female-Focused Period Dramas

Although women make up half of the population and thus you would think would be more represented in history, much of what is published still focuses on men- military histories, political histories, religious histories that largely exclude women. And a large number of period dramas […]