Who says you never learn anything from television
So I sampled Sarah Jane Adventures! It was pretty good- not exactly my thing, really, but I enjoyed its take on the 'I deal with aliens' scenario and it's refreshing to have main characters who are all different. I especially enjoyed Rani and her mum! Incidentally, it seemed to be the week for disaster weddings, though Merlin's troll wedding was significantly sillier. Also I'm pretty willing to bet money it wasn't just magic that was making Uther act stupid. My iplayer download queue looks a little odd now because I had Merlin, Sarah Jane and then The Thick Of It. One of these things is not like the others, folks.
I am actually back home for reading week! Which means that I get to watch telly at odder times than I normally do and that led to watching a Time Team about WW2 archaeology. And they found a bunker intended for the British resistance in case of a successful Nazi invasion. The idea of Britain in WW2 is something that I grew up with- it was a long time ago and when we get taught it it always seemed that we knew we were going to win. Looking at that bunker, which was prepared for goodness only knows what, and hearing about Home Guard training (my grandpa, who was in a protected industry (making spitfires) was in the Home Guard) and how they were only expected to hold the Nazis up, not win, not live, made all a little... realer. Something to consider for fic, maybe. I dunno.
This was a bit tangenty but I wanted to share, esp. with November 11 coming up! It's not a bit of history that I knew about and I thought it was cool.
I am actually back home for reading week! Which means that I get to watch telly at odder times than I normally do and that led to watching a Time Team about WW2 archaeology. And they found a bunker intended for the British resistance in case of a successful Nazi invasion. The idea of Britain in WW2 is something that I grew up with- it was a long time ago and when we get taught it it always seemed that we knew we were going to win. Looking at that bunker, which was prepared for goodness only knows what, and hearing about Home Guard training (my grandpa, who was in a protected industry (making spitfires) was in the Home Guard) and how they were only expected to hold the Nazis up, not win, not live, made all a little... realer. Something to consider for fic, maybe. I dunno.
This was a bit tangenty but I wanted to share, esp. with November 11 coming up! It's not a bit of history that I knew about and I thought it was cool.