As well as playing a lot of cricket, Midsomer has been very successful in chess, Formula 1 and boxing. The famous boxing match of 1860 is a topic for another time: here we look at chess and F1 first. • (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S06E01: A Talent of Life, S08E02: Dead in the Water,…
Category: Victorian
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?
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…
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…
Midsomer’s Old Railways
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S08E01: Things That Go Bump in the Night) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Joyce and Tom Barnaby are guests of Elizabeth Key in Fletcher’s Cross. They go out of the cottage into the garden. Elizabeth Key carries a tray with three cups and saucers, sugar bowl…
Francis Galton, founder of eugenics
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes S13E05: Master Class, and a bit for S14E06: The Night of the Stag)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• The Fieldings’ manor, Devington Hall, is currently hosting auditions for Sir Michael Fielding’s Master Class. The manor is a 19th century country house, the grounds of which belonged to the…
Not Dead But Sleepeth
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S13E04: The Silent Land) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Joyce and Cully Barnaby attend a concert by a tenor singer and a pianist. While Joyce listens with enthusiasm and devotion to Ben John’s rendition of “Drink to me only with thine eyes”, Cully is visibly…
The Bell Ringers from Midsomer Wellow
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S05E03: Ring out your Dead) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutschauch auf Deutsch. • Tom and Joyce Barnaby are sitting at the table in the kitchen, and Tom is looking through numerous papers, most of which are in front of him. In 1860, the vicar of Midsomer…