The Magic of Poldark is back! Series 4 is coming
The BBC announced to great fanfare this week that the magic of Poldark will be back on our screens (in the UK at least) on June 10th. The long anticipated next run of our much loved Cornish period drama even begins with a sequence that many of Aidan’s Maidens will love! As if by magic: Poldark […]
Daughters and mothers, in that order
No one prepares a woman for motherhood. No one can. Growing up we may or may not have our own mother to learn from, either to try and replicate or perhaps even, better her efforts. Efforts are all we have to go on and the realities are that efforts are all she had to go […]
The Poldark Pass! Money back on all purchases “Poldark and Handsome”!
I was asked, ‘why the Poldark Pass’? ..’Well why not? ‘ was my reply ! Cornwall may be well stocked with discount schemes and vouchers for this that and the other but nothing has so far been offered for the multitude of visitors and locals who want to just get the most out of the […]
Poldark Head Case!
Hats! Love them or hate them it’s a fact that the hat makes the man, and the woman for that matter. Think of the Poldark men for instance. Ross, obviously, wears his tricorn as if he was actually born with one on that tousled head of his! He has done much for pirate culture in […]
Anyone for a squirrel? Taste the Rainbow!
So it seems I’m not alone in a stress condition that results in preparing a word in your head and for an entirely different word actually emanating from my mouth. My family know I’m feeling stressed not by me getting snappy or withdrawing to my bedroom with a copy of Poldark and a hot water […]
A Poldark Film Unit Guide to Cornwall Locations.
Film locations can by tricky in Cornwall… A quick aide memoir if you’re lost! Something has occurred to me, the film crews are not local! In traversing Cornish lanes and navigating their way around around our picturesque land to their locations they may be having a nightmare of a time manoeuvring their convoy if making […]
“I was born in London, …But I was Maiden Cornwall”
Some of the old campaigners have dispersed back to their homelands but there is a small and dedicated force of resistance fighters that remain in Cornwall who have made the most of days off by catching up with laundry, filling freezers with easy cook dinner options that can be passed off at short notice as […]
Aidan’s Maidens make it to the Metro
News from Aidan’s Maidens! So this happened today following The Daily Mail’s idiocy! http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/24/aidans-maidens-to-the-rescue-poldark-fans-defend-turner-after-flipping-out-claim-6150288/?ito=twitter If you want the real #GossOnRoss with Karen Colam, tune in to The Debbie McRory show on BBC Radio Cornwall each Monday at 3.30pm . Sorry Liam, next post!!
Following Poldark: Fangirl Down!
Following Poldark ( day 2?3?…8? Who the hell knows,) Fangirl Down! Far Lookers at the ready ! It’s a fickle mistress this fangirl stuff! Fangirl? Who the hell am I kidding, three grandmothers at least amongst us, but Fan-sad-old-woman is a bit of a mouthful. Day two on the wall following Poldark and the incumbents […]