Ten Children's Lit Titles on the Shelves of Downton Abbey Nursery »

In which I speculate wildly on Edwardian children’s classics and which of them you should read. Written for a dear friend’s blog, featuring two of life’s best things: mildly soapy British period dramas and children’s books. Behold.

In an otherwise civil discussion of “Downton Abbey’s” second season, actor Hugh Bonneville let loose on an interviewer who casually let it slip that she’d gone online and viewed a pirated version of the British period drama’s Christmas special […] This turned out to be the wrong thing to tell the man who plays proud patriarch Robert Crawley.
“I wish you hadn’t told me you watched it illegally,” said Bonneville […] “That’s really pissing me off. Shame on you. Be ashamed.

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[via] He’s as honorable as I dreamed, but his disapproval stings.

[We actually haven’t downloaded it, but certainly the impatience is totally wearing on us.]

Francie from Gilmore Girls loves Downton »

OMG, KIRSTEN, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS?!

I was pleased to realize the other day that the squeaky-voiced doctor on Grey’s Anatomy voiced Quinn’s Fashion Club friend Stacy on Daria, but I read this article and didn’t even notice the GG/DA connection. Clearly, I have to up my game.

(Source: kwafurther)

What is that half smile all about? Why is she talking to me in that soft, confiding voice? She seems friendly but she’s actually very angry, right? Because I must say, she’s freaking me out.

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Emily Nussbaum, “Dear PBS: The Laura Linney ‘Downton Abbey’ Intros Are Freaking Me Out”

[To be fair, though, I have weirdly and personally loathed Laura Linney ever since The Life of David Gale traumatized me. Also, she is taking away time from the longer, British cut of the show.]

So, Downton Pawnee is a thing.

(Source: downtonpawnee)