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I don't know why I've avoided watching the second Elizabeth film until now. I think a reviewer once said it was more like watching chick-lit than a decent follow-up to an enjoyable historical drama...

I'm watching it now, and I'm not really getting on very well with it. I was disturbed in the first film when they tried to pass off Durham Cathedral as Westminster, but now they've tried to use Eilean Donan as Fotheringay,

Aargh!!! Some Hollywood sleight-of-hands just go TOO far.

And after reading Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles (which was an enjoyable read, if not exactly a barrel of laughs....), I'm not that enamoured with the twisted attitude of poor Maria Stuart...

I have additional sad news to report. After a short but happy life, 'Homer' the bread-maker has mysteriously expired (D'ough!), while trying to make a cheese and chive loaf. And guess who's lost the receipt??? We're both a bit gutted about its longevity, or lack thereof. A week's not that impressive, and Kenwood's normally a really reliable make... Meanwhile, the cheese and chive loaf has been given an emergency kneading and is now getting flung into the oven in the hope that we can salvage the ingredients...

The good news is that at long last, after much angst and consternation, Novel #3 is at last coming together...

Right. I'm going to return to my two hour game of 'Spot the Monument'... Aka Elizabeth: the Golden Age.

Oh, hang on. I've spotted something I like. The zebra....

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This is much more fun than watching the actual film!!!

And I like your dead foxy thing...

Ah, that's the fainted squirrel - from Tove Jansson / The Moomins.

Like you, I find 'historical' films excruciating, but I'm drawn to them, nevertheless. Fortunately, my Tudor history is quite good, so I can tell which bits are bunkum. I try to enjoy them for the nonsense they are :)

I'm curious to know where they get the historical evidence for these large maps laid out on the floor with little model boats placed upon them, aka the WWII things... The ladies-in-waiting should really be dressed as Tudor Wrens...

Oh, and I'm glad the squirrel hasn't expired...

Wait 'til you get the Tilbury speech...

Oh, is this it?

The horse is nice. It's got a pretty perm. And it looks a bit Spanish. How counter-revolutionary is that??

I'd hoped the speech would be something to do with promising 100% punctuality on the London/Tilbury and Southend. And where's the 'Feak and Weeble Woman' bit? Wasn't that meant to be around now?

Armour's a bit risque, too. Very Joan of Arc.

And the cliffs...because, well, yes...

Ok, now I'm gonna have to watch it, you know that, right?