Confession time: I don’t like watching silent films that much. The acting, such as...
![Portrait of a lady said to be Jeanne de Valois, comtesse de la Motte [I would be shocked if this was accurate] by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, c. 1780 [I'd say post-1783], via Wikimedia Commons](https://i0.wp.com/frockflicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Jeanne_lamotte_valois.jpg?resize=590%2C350&ssl=1)
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy was a pivotal figure in late 18th-century France, as it was...
Not having much ELSE exciting to watch, I did indeed continue watching the new Outlander...
Pierce Brosnan! Poufy-haired heartthrob of the ’80s turned James Bond turned hey he’s a...
I recently got waylaid by this gnarly strain of Covid that’s been going around...
I’ve been researching my 1926-built house for a while now, so I was in...
I happen to think that British actress Lyndsey Marshal is criminally underrated. Case in...
Way back in the early days of this blog, I wrote a series of...
The “Princes in the Tower” refers to English King Edward V (1470-c. 1483) and...
You asked for it, so here’s an occasional open thread to bitch about anything...
