I've been having some interesting feelings about all the fan reactions I've seen to this photo of Colin Morgan for the filming of Vera Brittain's 'Testament of Youth'. There have been lots of "OMG war injury! how can I bear it! I'm going to cry" etc etc comments. I find it tremendously funny. I've never had problems looking at Colin (or any other ( Read more... )

We have a long weekend, meaning today is a holiday for Australia Day (although the day itself was actually on Saturday). Yay holiday ( Read more... )

I have lately been reading Up and Down Stairs by Jeremy Musson, which is a history of servants. This is because I have a number of ancestors who were in service and some who had servants, and I was interested in knowing more. It's been fascinating not just from the personal point of view but from a Merlin fan perspective, because it's clear that in ( Read more... )

This is one of the more glorious reminders that We Humans Never Change And Sometimes That's Awesome: Graffiti from PompeiiA random sampling ( Read more... )