As the days start to draw in and we reach once again for the cozy jumpers, thoughts inevitably turn to snuggling on the sofa on a Sunday night with a good period drama. Well, my thoughts do anyway. Netflix’s original content has always been one of the streaming service’s strengths, and over the past year…
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Guest Post – Historical Accuracy in ITV’s Victoria
In the latest guest post for the Hisdoryan blog, fellow #historygirls member Shauna from Shauna Does History takes a deep dive into the historical accuracy of ITV’s popular Victoria series in honour of Prince Albert’s birthday. We love our period drama here on the Hisdoryan blog, and this post about historical accuracy in period drama…
My May In Review
And so ends another month in lockdown. I’m halfway through week 10 of social isolation and it is REALLY starting to get to me now! But how have I been keeping myself historically entertained during May? Discover how in the second of my monthly review posts, inspired by fellow history girl History Lizzie. Books I…
10 Period Drama Films to Watch This International Women’s Day
March 8th is International Women’s Day – a chance to champion women’s rights and celebrate womanhood in general, including those that have gone before. At the same time, with the rise in popularity of Women’s History, 2020 is turning into a strong year for female-led period dramas. So why not spend International Women’s Day taking…
1917 The Movie – Some Thoughts
Every once in a while I get approached by someone to do a guest post for the blog. It makes me feel a bit warm and fuzzy inside that someone would like to feature on my blog, and plus I’m always happy to give some help to new history bloggers. Ivi is a women’s history…
Does Historical Accuracy in Period Drama Really Matter?
And the prize for the first ever guest blog post on Hisdoryan goes to the lovely Jess from An Historian About Town! Every once in a while you discover a blogger you just ‘get’ and who seems to be interested in all the same things as you. Jess is one of those bloggers for me….