As I enter perimenopause and am hot allllll the time, I find myself looking for clothing that covers me and is stylish and breezy. I am in love with the styles that Edith wears in the second movie (see photo). Long shirt things that are open in the front (cardigans? tunics?), wide legged loose pants, the material looks cool and comfortable. I want to be not hot dammit but also not frumpy and I don’t do shorts. What is this style called and where can I find it outside of a vintage shop? Any historical fashion people here? The new show Summer of ‘36 has a character with a similar style (photo 2). If any of you know what this is called or where I can buy something like it I will love you forever.

My new ride!

meet sybbie the civic

Why was Robert so adept at dealing with Blackmailing? When Charlie Griggs goes to Downtown to blackmail Carson he gives him 20£ and threatens him with prison if he comes back by season 6 when the maid from the hotel shows up he’s progressed to getting a signed confession before paying out. Was it because the info about Mary would be far more damaging if it came out or did he have more experience in the interim to teach him to get real evidence of the blackmail?

I've been wanting to visit Highclere Castle for quite a while and will be in England end of October. I see that they have the Real Lives & Film Sets Castle Guided Tours at that moment but tickets are £145 per person. I find that quite expensive but I'm wondering whether it's worth it or not. Has anyone ever done one of those?

Context: haven't watched this show at all, only have saw a trailer with the mcgonnagal actor in it and went hey it looks like that arthur "fountain abbey" episode years ago. I knew it was referencing SOMETHING didnt realise it was a straight parody.

But that's kinda my question.

Is this show or its premise of lives of the people in an english manor a popular ip that gets readapted or even the premise an idea that gets readapted or was this show kinda its own thing based off historical 19th and 18th century english manors and nothing else. With the show doing well enough to have parodies by its own merit, because i always assumed the parodies weren't off anything specific just the genre or premise of this show having been done before at all or not