• (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…
Category: Epochs
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…
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…
Gilbert & Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance and Midsomer
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S22E05: For Death Prepare) Diesen Artikel gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Right at the beginning, we see a house on a river with the inscription ‘Empson Playhouse’. A man comes out of the front door with a poster in his hand and hangs it on the wall…
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…
Treasures & Raiders in Midsomer County
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S05E04: Mord am St Malley’s Day, S14E05: The Sleeper under the Hill, S18E05: Saints and Sinners, and a little bit S09E04: Down Among Dead Men) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Three episodes of Midsomer Murders are about treasure and its theft. They come from three…
A traitor from Midsomer in the American Independence War?
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S08E04: Bantling Boy) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • We enter Bantling Hall with Tom Barnaby and Angela Hartley, because among the large gentlemen in oil on canvas is Thomas Bantling. One of the men of whom the lady speaks only with contempt. He fought as…
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…
At the Beginning of the Year in Englefield
Much like Englefield House and its 16th-century owners, not much is known about the history of the parish of Englefield, much of which lies within the Benyon family estate. Yes, two battles took place here – firstly a bloody battle in September 1643 during the Civil War, the site of which is now known as…
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…