•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S12E04: The Glitch)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • The Midsomer Cycling Club from Aspern Tallow – adults and young people – often go cycling, today along the old pilgrim route to an old church ruin. On the top of a hill they take a short rest. Down…
Category: Chapters
William Tyndale
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S11E05: The Magician’s Nephew)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• Tom Barnaby, wearing a black coat and a burgundy shawl, enters a church in search of Aloysius Wilmington, and discovers him kneeling in front of the communion pew in the nave, sorting. Aloysius Wilmington is also wearing a burgundy…
‘Involved in the Gunpowder Plot.”‘
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S08E04: Bantling Boy, and S15E02: Murder of Innocence) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Welcome to Bantling Hall, located in the picturesque Buckinghamshire… no, sorry: Dorney Court. A stunning Tudor manor that has been listed on the National Heritage List since 23 September 1955. With a rich…
Jane Austen & Baroness Orczy in Midsomer County
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for episodes: S10E07: They Seek Him Here, & S19E05: Death by Persuasion)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• The idyllic landscape of Midsomer County is well known. No wonder Jane Austen and Baroness Emma Orczy, two famous writers, are said to have stayed here. Or is that just a story?
The Civil War, pt. 1
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S03E04: Beyond the Grave, S06E04: A Tale of two Hamlets, S08E04: Bantling Boy, and S11E02: Blood Wedding)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • After the Gunpowder Plot, religious tensions in England continued to escalate against the Catholics. Among them were the Fitzroys of Bledlow Village, who took over…
The Civil War, pt. 2
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S11E02: Blood Wedding, and S15E01: The Dark Rider.)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Continued from Civil War, pt. 1 But when the Parliamentarians failed to capitalise on the successful battles of Marston Moor and Aspern Tallow, Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax formed the New Model Army –…
Albert Plummer in India
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S08E07: Sauce for the Goose)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• Sam Hardwick leads a small group through the Plummer’s Relish factory where he worked until he retired – past the desks and conveyor belts where the work is done. He tells us that Albert Plummer was a young…
Sports History in Midsomer, pt. 1: Boxing
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S13E06: The Noble Art)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• Cricket is played in many episodes – even actively by Sergeants Gavin Troy and Ben Jones – but unfortunately the history of cricket is never discussed, and football is completely absent. However, there are mentions of historical events in…
Roman Vineyards
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S17E04: A Vintage Murder) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Elspeth Rice has just returned from measuring the depth of a lake in Midsomer Vinae. She is deeply concerned about the results, as this lake holds a painful memory for her. Five years ago, she accidentally hit…
The Night of the Stag
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S14E06: The Night of the Stag)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• On a colourfully decorated village square, a very well-attended, joyous fete takes place. There are stalls and plenty of alcohol to drink. We are at the Midsomer Abbas May Fayre, which is celebrated jointly by residents from Midsomer…