Ani Bundel has been blogging professionally since 2010. This is her second major independent site launch. A DC native and Keyboard Khaleesi, she spends all her non-writing time photographing her cats. Regular bylines also found on MSNOW.
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Most Western history courses treat the Americas and Oceania as if the history of those countries started when white men first set foot on them. It's only in the last 50 years or so that the centuries-old cultures that were already there have even begun to have their
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If PBS' announcement that Grantchester will end with Season 11 in 2026 feels like the end of an era, that's because it is. The last Masterpiece show still on the air that launched during the Downton Abbey era, Grantchester, was one of the very few series left
BritBox
Code of Silence's first season doesn't debut on BritBox until close to the end of July 2025, but ITV is already moving forward with Season 2. The series, which was a critical darling in the U.K. when it premiered in May 2025, was one of
BBC
Eve Myles is staying booked and busy with a lead role in the BBC's next major thriller, The Guest. Described as "layered with intense drama," the series features the classic older woman/younger woman toxic dynamic, where the younger woman usurps the older one, or at
Netflix
It was over three years ago, in June 2022, that Showtime and Channel 4 announced they would collaborate on a new co-production series called Entitled. The series would star American actor and Stranger Things breakout star Brett Gelman, who was also still riding high on his turn in Phoebe Waller-Bridge&
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Not all Americans understand precisely how actors become Sirs and Dames. It's a multiple-step process, starting with being awarded Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), or Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British
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Listen y'all, for once in 2025, I would like an unambiguous piece of good news. No strings, no asterisks, no "well, considering what else is going on...." Just one piece of good news. Instead, after being reminded just how much I love Grantchester after returning to
BBC
Commissioned as part of the BBC's super ambitious 2024 slate, Dear England is adapted from the hit National Theatre play of the same name, written by James Graham (Sherwood) about Gareth Southgate and the England men’s football team. At the time of its commission, the series seemed
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Every vicar in Grantchester comes with their own set of problems. The series' original Hot Priest, Sidney Chambers (James Norton), came with issues straight out of James Runcie's novels: a working-class WWII vet whose ascent to the priesthood elevated him out of his original class status, yet
Music
Music buffs will be familiar with the Glastonbury Music Festival, held every summer in the titular town smack in the middle of Somerset. The festival traces its roots back to the 1910s when it was initially a celebration of modern classical music as part of an imagined, forthcoming utopian society
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Future Dame Keeley Hawes only just graced American television in May 2025 with her performance as Cassandra Austen in Masterpiece's Miss Austen. The production studio behind the period drama is working on creating a second season (which may or may not get picked up for production), but even
Movies
The Telecommunications Relay Service (commonly referred to as TRS) is likely unfamiliar to those who do not have someone in their life who is deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, or has speech disabilities. The American Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has provided this program to enable individuals with disabilities to communicate