Welcome to Historical Frictions, a historical fiction podcast, where we delving into the nitty-gritty of history, fiction, and everything in between, hosted by Hilary, Tess, and Lachlan.
We are back for 2021 with a chat about all that we've watched and read since December 2020 and a little update about what to expect on our podcast this year. Look out for the first episode of our new format in your feeds on the last Wednesday of March!
Books:
The Secrets We Kept, Lara Prescott
Islands of Mercy, Rose Tremain
The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
The Women's Pages, Victoria Purman
Gulliver's Wife, Lauren Chater
The Hate Race, Maxine Breneba Clarke
TV and Film:
Bridgerton, Netflix
Dickinson, Apple TV+
The Dig, Netflix
The Good Lord Bird, Showtime (and Stan), also discussed in Ep. 12
Ammonite, Francis Lee
It's A Sin, Channel 4 (and Stan)
Larry Horricks/Netflix © 2020
Louise D'Arcens, The Dig’s romanticisation of an Anglo-Saxon past reveals it is a film for post-Brexit UK, Conversation article here
Tess, Lachlan, and Hilary would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land they live and work: Kaurna Country (Adelaide Plains) and the Gadigal of the Eora Nation (Sydney), and pay our respects to the Elders both past and present.