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• Second Impressions by Ava Farmer - Tribute to Jane Austen by an Extraordinarily...

  

  Ava Farmer is a fictious nom de plume of Sandy Lerner, a successful business woman, the founder of a large technology company and a small grunge cosmetics... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Richard Iii Back on Stage - Robert Fripp, Dark Sovereign: a Challenge to...

  

  For the first time in four centuries a modern writer challenges William Shakespeare head-on, writing in English as it was available to the Bard. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE

• Good Tv Drama & British Literary Tradition: Sherlock 2 and Treasure Island

  

  Collage from Enchanted Serenity of Period Films It's not a secret I greatly appreciate British TV drama. Their productions are mostly very good, especially thos... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2012 TV & VIDEO

• Death Comes to Pemberley by P.d. James - My Review

  

  If you think of Regency and the Novel of Manners, the first name that comes to your mind is Jane Austen. What happens if you think of contemporary murder myster... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Rome - Two Days, One Exhibition, a Museum, a Walk Around the City Centre, Some...

  

  Have I ever told you how much I love being in Rome with my friends? Ehm... perhaps once or twice. But may I say it again? Yes? OK, thanks a lot for your... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The #austenmurdermatch - My Matched Review of Murder at Mansfield Park and...

  

  As I announced few days ago, I'm taking part in an event/contest at Lynn Shepherd's site: The #AustenMurderMatch. I've read Murder at Mansfield Park and Death... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Good Read of the New Year - Lynn Shepherd, Tom-all-alone's

  

  UK cover This book is going to be released in less than a month, February 2nd, as a homage to Charles Dickens in the year of his birthday bicentenary (February... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2012 BOOKS

• Jane Austen the Unseen Portrait ? My Review & a Clip

  

  Jane Austen's only officially recognised image Have you seen the small sketch of Jane Austen in the National Portrait Gallery in London among the huge... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Last Seen: Bbc Great Expectations - What a Great Belated Christmas Gift!

  

  Estella : "I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape." (from the book) Let's start from the end. Yes, right from the end. I'm afraid this... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen - Bbc2

  

  Professor Amanda Vickery in Bath I was so happy I could see this show! The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen is a 60-minute programme, broadcast on BBC 2 on... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Richard Iii : Usurper Or Rightful King? Guestpost by Barbara Gaskell Denvil

  

  My quest in search for Richard III goes on thanks to another fortuitous meeting online. I was reading about a novel set in the years of the War of the Roses,... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• I've Seen Downtown Abbey Christmas Special

  

  Downton Abbey - Christmas Special No spoilers, I'll resist the strong temptation to tell you everything. And to do it, I won't write much, don't worry. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Father Christmas is Exhausted! I've Asked for Too Much ...

  

  Poor Father Christmas. Look at him! I've really asked for too much this year. But have a look all around him: he granted all my wishes. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Lynn Shepherd & the #austenmurdermatch

  

  Lyn Shepherd: Did Santa put Death Comes to Pemberley in your stocking? Maria Grazia: YES!!!Lynn Shepherd: Did you read Murder at Mansfield Park when it came... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• At the Cinema: Sherlock Holmes 2 - a Game of Shadows

  

  What did you do last weekend? Christmas shopping? I hope you had as much fun as I did . I went to Rome with my husband and we had a pleasant evening, only we... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Ra-ndom Thoughts : ... and the Leader of Our Company, Thorin Oakenshield.

  

  I haven't written much about "The Hobbit" on Fly High!, have I? I haven't written much about Richard Armitage recently, either. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• At the Theatre - Shakespeare, the Taming of the Shrew

  

  As usual once a year we organize a school trip to Rome for our fourth year students to see one of Shakespeare’s plays at the theatre (they have 16th /18th... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Jane Austen's Birthday Soiree - Best Wishes from Your Best Men, Miss Austen!

  

  Welcome to the Jane Austen's Birthday Soiree on My Jane Austen Book Club! You know, this is an idea Katherine Cox's at November's Autumn and I had some time... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2011 BOOKS

• Little Jane - Guestpost by Pat Sweet

  

  Pat Sweet is a retired theatrical costumer living in tiny cottage in Southern California with a very lovable husband and very silly dog. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Breaking Dawn Part i - My Very Personal Not - a Review

  

  My son stares at me, amazed. "What is it that you saw?!?" And "Why?" , he plies me with. What does he mean "why"? Why should I have a "why" to watch a film?... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 MOVIES