Category Archives: TV
MY Outlander Review – The Battle Joined
My favourite TV series is back (well on Amazon at least) and we’re talking grief, honour, everyday sexism and perhaps most importantly of all: is Murtagh alive? Contains SPOILERS. Droughtlander is finally over and season 3 of Outlander is back. Our intrepid lovers Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) are separated through time and […]
Continue readingHow to survive Droughtlander – Learn Gaelic!
A language that makes even learning Russian seem easy, it’s a great way to concentrate your mind and gives you yet another excuse (if one is needed) to watch Outlander again! I’m a linguist. I enjoy learning languages. One of my favourite past times as a schoolchild was to spend my evenings learning German grammar. […]
Continue readingMY Comic Life – Outlanderish Sex, Pastries, Instagram, Queen Mum & Scotland
Stand up comedy can lead you into weird situations. Most recently, one of the weirdest has to be watching an explicit sex scene in Outlander with Jen Brister in the latter’s kitchen in preparation for our Droughtlander podcast. (We were reviewing the episode OK). To be fair, as I’ve watched that episode 30-40 times already […]
Continue readingHow to survive Droughtlander – Outlander vs Dragonfly in Amber
If you’re an Outlander geek like me (and chances are if you’re reading this you are) you can have hours of fun clocking up the differences between the novel and the TV series, trying to figure out why they did what they did and what the hell you think about it. As a rule, screen […]
Continue readingHow to survive Droughtlander: Watch Something Else
(and Treat Yourself to Some Great British Drama in the Process) One of the easiest ways to wean yourself away from watching Outlander on a constant loop for the next few months is to check out some other great TV programmes that might take your mind of Outlander – at least for a while! Poldark […]
Continue readingMY Comic Life – Mugger Destroying Mothers, Proud Scottish Fathers, Delusion & Outlander
In comedy you tend to exaggerate for comedic effect. However, when it comes to my parents, if anything, I underplay it. If I saw my father and mother depicted on TV, I’d roll my eyes and think it a terrible, clichéd portrayal of a pair of Scots. I then would have to do a double […]
Continue readingOutlander Season Two – A Romance for Grown Ups
It only really hit home just how obsessed I’d become with Outlander when I found myself re-watching the DVD extras from the first season at 4 in the morning, sampling the delights of the featurette: The Making of the Kilt. This was despite having been bored stiff watching it the first time round. It was […]
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