Reign’s twisted history side-steps costume drama for something much more visceral — and real
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Reign’s mandate was to dramatize what happened between the lines of historical record, and in so doing, presented something entirely truthful.
Ann Foster
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Catherine de’Medici: orphan, captive, wife, Queen, mother, politician, survivor
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The story of a woman who single-handedly kept France afloat during a time of constant Civil War. And she also sort of invented ballet!
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Reign: Blood in the water
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Mary finds contentment and security in motherhood — just as the walls begin to crumble around her.
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Reign: A Bride. A Box. A Body.
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In which Mary Stuart proves herself as the Wonder Woman of the 16th century.
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Book review: The Radium Girls: the dark story of America’s shining women, by Kate Moore
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If you aren’t familiar with this story (which I wasn’t), the Radium Girls were the dozens of young women who suffered from radium poisoning after working in two factories in New Jersey that used produced watches for WWI soldiers with glowing numbers. The numbers glowed in the dark because of radium in the paint, and…
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Reign: Coup de Grace
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Mary finally gets the upper hand, only to lose it — and one of her dearest friends — in the most vicious way imaginable.
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Alias Grace: promo images
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Gorgeous promo shots from the upcoming adaptation of Alias Grace hint we may be in the midst of a Margaret Atwood-aissance as well as a true crime costume drama-aissance.
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Remembering Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, a girl who became famous for an afterlife that wasn’t her own
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Anastasia is maybe the only person in history better known for what she didn’t do than for what she did. But the girl she was deserves to be remembered too.
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Reign: The Shakedown
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Mary and Elizabeth’s diametrically opposing philosophies are front and centre this week, as both choose forgiveness for very different reasons.
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