février 2012
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“[Things which infused us with a joy equal to the fuzzy peach glow of Lady...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/feb/26/upstairs-downstairs-episode-two (via thousandmilestogo)
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“There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea’s asleep, and...”
– The Doctor, Survival (last words spoken in Classic Who)
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“That woman is so naughty. She is one of the worst gigglers I’ve ever worked...”
– Keeley Hawes, on Upstairs Downstairs colleague Alex Kingston. From Hello! magazine, via 165 Eaton Place. (via akittenatemycouscous)
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“…Blanche, played by Alex Kingston, has all the show’s best lines. In...”
– Michael Moran. “Can Upstairs Downstairs steal Downton’s crown?”, The Lady, 24th February 2012. (via akittenatemycouscous)
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Article about Sarah Gordy (Lady Pamela Holland) →
Her character’s reunion with her beloved brother, Sir Hallam, formed the heart-rending finale to the first series of Upstairs Downstairs and provided a stark reminder of the way things were done ‘back then’…
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A rare personal post… Mostly about books, so feel free to skip. :)
* Finished re-re-reading “The Lord of the Rings”. I always feel kind of empty each time I finish it, because it’s such a long book that I usually read it for months on end, one chapter per day. I don’t think I can go on without reading any Tolkien more than a few weeks at a time though. I need him...
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Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey: Letters →
I’m hyperventilating right now! I cannot even! I wanted to get this but I couldn’t find it to buy for less than $100 and now look at it! Gloriously free! For my Kindle! I’m still buying the first edition once I get a real job, but until then! HOLY SHIT!
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“I don’t want my ‘part’ taken! I haven’t...”
– Frances Partridge (Love in Bloomsbury - Memories)
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Looking back into childhood is like turning a telescope the wrong way around. Everything appears in miniature, but with a clarity it probably does not deserve; moreover it has become concentrated and stylized, taking shape in symbolism. Thus it is that I sometimes see my infant self as having been set down before a blank slate on which to construct a map or schema of the external world, and as...
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