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Posted March 2, 2021 - No Comment

Remembering the Cream Reunion Concert as The Royal Albert Hall celebrates 150 years!

The one and only Royal Albert Hall has been home to more legendary moments in music history then the law allows. While the past year has been more than challenging for this iconic venue, the concert hall that borders London’s Hyde Park in South Kensington is nothing short of a national treasure….and, has been for 150 years! My first memory of attending a concert at Royal Albert Hall occurred some 15+ years ago in 2005 to see the Cream Reunion Concert as part of the filming for the PBS series Great Performances,

Posted January 13, 2021 - No Comment

Jenna Coleman hints of a possible 4th series of ‘Victoria’ in our future!

It’s been what seems to be a lifetime since we collectively closed the book on series 3 of Victoria back in early 2019. It was confirmed last year that Victoria was taking a “bit of a breather” after its third series, while producers decided where to take the story next. But, that may be about to change.

Posted September 15, 2019 - No Comment

A brief stop for ice cream in Sidmouth, a night with Lady Grey and then it’s on to Hampton Court Palace….

As we made our way back towards London from Cornwall, the To the Manor Born KERA Tour of England stopped briefly to grab an ice cream and see the red cliffs of the Jurassic Coast in Sidmouth, a seaside town with a rich royal history. It was December 1819 when the Duke and Duchess of Kent […]

Posted May 28, 2019 - No Comment

Rare unseen footage of Queen Victoria discovered at New York’s MoMA

There are certain subjects when someone mentions never before seen footage, my first thought is that’s not possible. Usually it centers around World War II, the forthcoming 50th anniversary of the moon landing or the Beatles. I think, however, I can pretty much say for certain that if someone mentioned that ‘never-before-see-footage’ of Queen Victoria […]

Posted January 11, 2019 - No Comment

Lucy Worsley talks ‘Victoria & Albert: The Wedding,’ premiering on PBS

Queen Victoria’s wedding set the wedding standard for generations to come. Worsley answered our questions about the two-part series, which premieres Sunday, Jan. 13 on PBS.

Posted October 25, 2018 - 1 Comment

Riots, revolution and more royal babies — a first look at ‘Victoria’ series 3

Creator Daisy Goodwin has assured fans that Albert is safe for the entirety of series 3 so, thankfully, we won’t have to suffer through an equivalent of the Christmas Day ‘Downton Abbey’ episode where Matthew died unexpectedly.

Posted July 9, 2018 - No Comment

What lies ahead for Victoria and Albert in ‘Victoria’ S3?

Victoria writer/creator Daisy Goodwin is expected to turn her attention to the royal bedroom in series 3 exploring the tensions between Jenna Coleman’s Queen and Tom Hughes’ Albert as the Queen becomes increasingly resentful of the fact that her husband is constantly making her pregnant. Goodwin has revealed that she is planning to depict suggestions that the […]

Posted May 22, 2018 - No Comment

Lewis’ Laurence Fox joins cast of ‘Victoria’ as S3 filming begins

Filming has just begun on series 3 which is set in 1848, a “turbulent and uncertain time” for Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, according to producers. Victoria is under pressure from the government to leave London for her own safety, amid fears of revolution and unrest in London. But the Queen is also facing pressure […]

Posted March 9, 2018 - No Comment

Alan Cumming confirms role as a ‘nice baddie’ in Doctor Who XI

In what seems to be a bit of a departure from an unwritten policy that stretches back more years that anyone can remember against leaking any information regarding the new series, a brilliant tidbit has surfaced about the forthcoming Doctor Who series starring Jodie Whitaker. Appearing on the most recent edition of the Will Young and Chris […]

Posted January 29, 2018 - No Comment

‘Victoria’ and ‘The Crown’ were Wikipedia’s crown jewels in 2017

Turns out the small screen isn’t the only place that Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II found themselves fighting for audience in 2017. With Victoria currently in the middle of series 2 as part of PBS’ long-running Masterpiece series and Netflix’ The Crown looking ahead to series 3 sometime in late 2018, the dueling British monarch series have found a new […]