Man Candy MondaySixteenth Century24 MCM: Sir Walter Raleigh By Trystan L. Bass on March 22, 2021 A true 'renaissance man' in the cliche sense of the word, Sir Walter Raleigh was a... Read more →
Woman Crush Wednesday43 WCW: Miriam Margolyes By Sarah Lorraine on May 20, 2020 Miriam Margolyes is one of those actresses who is in everything but a frustratingly... Read more →
Man Candy Monday13 MCM: Tim McInnery By Sarah Lorraine on September 30, 2019 Tim McInnerny's birthday just recently passed (September 18th), so consider today's Man... Read more →
Tangential but Interesting!48 50 of Trystan’s Favorite Frock Flicks By Trystan L. Bass on February 19, 2019 Today is my 50th birthday, so I'm indulging in some nostalgia by sharing a big, fat list... Read more →
Woman Crush Wednesday18 WCW: Miranda Richardson By Trystan L. Bass on August 23, 2017 She could be the best-known supporting actress in historical costume movies and TV... Read more →
Woman Crush Wednesday26 WCW: All the Bad Girls and Bitches By Sarah Lorraine on July 12, 2017 Today, we celebrate the bad girls, the bitches, the snark queens, and the mean girls of... Read more →
Sixteenth Century21 16 Reasons Why the 16th Century Is My Happy Place By Trystan L. Bass on October 6, 2015 Everyone who likes historical costume movies and TV shows seems to have one or two eras... Read more →
Sixteenth CenturyTop 5 Friday10 Top Five Elizabethan Movies & TV Series By Trystan L. Bass on February 6, 2015 After Snark Week and our recent post on what movies and TV get wrong about 16th-century... Read more →
Screen QueensSixteenth Century4 Queenie: Blackadder II By Sarah Lorraine on September 6, 2014 Queenie is the highly unstable center of focus for Blackadder II and the characters' scheming, playing them off one another in a way that suggests she's not as stupid as she acts. Miranda Richardson is also given some of the best lines in the show.
