Starlight and Saucepans

Period Drama Match It Game

Here is the long anticipated, long awaited, breathtakingly wondrous period drama screencap and quote match-it game I mentioned last week. I'm so excited to try this out with you! Firstly, the rules. To play, leave a comment matching as many…

By Lizzie Hexam October 24, 2024Miscellaneous, Period Dramas22 Comments

mice cooking popcorn over a birthday cake

Miscellaneous

Two Year Blogiversary (and an important question for readers)

Starlight and Saucepans has been gracing us with its presence for longer than you might think (certainly longer than I would have thought) - start the applause, because today is my two year blogiversary! (I shan't ramble for long, but…

By Lizzie Hexam October 14, 2024Miscellaneous12 Comments

Bookishness Period Dramas

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” (beware ✨aesthetics✨ ahead)

I wanted a post celebrating the beautiful season that is autumn, and eventually I hit on the idea of autumn-themed period drama mood boards. Part of the credit for this inspiration goes to a random denizen of the Internet who…

By Lizzie Hexam October 4, 2024Bookishness, Period Dramas12 Comments

cover for 1991 Khraniteli Soviet Fellowship of the Ring

Bookishness

Highlights from Khraniteli (Soviet Fellowship of the Ring)

Where The Lord of the Rings are concerned, I'm more of a by-the-books kind of girl. But there is one film version I would like to highlight for you all today for Tolkien Week (check out Hamlette's post here to…

By Lizzie Hexam September 27, 2024Bookishness14 Comments

Bookishness

Tolkien Blog Party Tag

The Tolkien Blog Party has started (see Hamlette's kick-off post here!), and there's a fun tag for it. I fear my tag answers will shame me, as I'm a comparatively light-ish Tolkien fan...I've read The Hobbit and LOTR multiple times,…

By Lizzie Hexam September 23, 2024Bookishness6 Comments

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Inklings // September 2024

What ho, readers all! The Inklings prompt for September (check out the rules for linking up here!) is a scene in a kitchen in book or film. I've decided to share the scene near the very beginning of Eight Cousins…

By Lizzie Hexam September 18, 2024Bookishness2 Comments

Miscellaneous

Sunshine Blogger Award #2

The lovely Astrya of Inkling Corner has nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award! (Awfully obliged, Astrya!) First things first I'll let you know the rules, so you can chastise me if you catch me breaking them. 1. Display the…

By Lizzie Hexam September 11, 2024Miscellaneous7 Comments

Period Dramas

Emma (1997) Review

(Please note that this Emma really originally came out in 1996, but to differentiate it from the Gwyneth Paltrow version (which I reviewed here), and because it wasn't released in the US until 1997, I'm referring to it as the…

By Lizzie Hexam September 4, 2024Period Dramas2 Comments

Bookishness

20 Questions Book Tag

For those of us still in some form of education, welcome back to the school year! (If you need a little encouragement for the new year, check out this old post of mine of 10 Things to Be Grateful for…

By Lizzie Hexam August 27, 2024Bookishness10 Comments

Hugh Laurie as Frederick Little and Geena Davis as Eleanor Little in Stuart Little 1999

Miscellaneous

Stuart Little and The Portrayal of Parenthood in Children’s Entertainment

...or in which Lizzie waxes eloquent about Deep Topics using as a springboard a children's movie which was never meant to be a springboard for Deep Topics. Because how else would you spend a rainy summer day? (Buckle up, because…

By Lizzie Hexam August 19, 2024Miscellaneous6 Comments