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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang The original post contains information about the film "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" and I've reblogged with critical commentary/review of the movie – I enjoyed it, but there are some issues around beauty=good that need addressing.

Gifs 5 x Borgias gifs made by me for a landcomm challenge

Da Vinci's Demons flashback gifs Gifs not made by me, but I've reblogged with commentary on character development, and the skill of the writers and actors, based on this scene and how it changed the way I thought about a character.

Civil Partnerships For Everyone link to an article from the guardian about why Civil Partnerships (rather than civil marriages) should be available to everyone, I quote from the article and associated comments and give some of commentary of my own

Costume Dramas A reblogged link to a post by arrogant historical author Hilary Mantel who thinks she's marvellous (and everything else is crap) because she prizes historical accuracy over anything else (like say, a plot that can be followed, or characters you can root for). I lay out my reasons for not wanting to ever read any of her work, but basically in any genre you can't point to books or shows I love and then say "That crap? Well it's the same genre only my stuff is good" and expect me to regard you with anything other than utter contempt.
In fact another article talks about The Tudors, singled out by Mantel for criticism, as being unfairly derided – "the show actually sticks much more closely and in greater detail to the historical record than any other production" and concludes that "despite the condescending remarks of the British press, the show is actually intellectually far more demanding than “The Six Wives of Henry VIII”. Perhaps its chief offense is being “pop” rather than “literary”. I reblog the article here and agree that it's literary snobbery that is at play, given how the mainstream British press were rude about The Borgias while preferring the low budget Borgia for reasons that seemed to come down "it's foreign".