“Books and
Stuff!”
One of the things I really enjoy doing for ‘Round the
Archives’ is research.
For one thing it allows me to buy and read even more books.
One of the more unusual subjects I have researched was Bess
of Hardwick; a fascinating woman who lived a long and interesting life. Married
four times, she outlived 5 monarchs.
Then there was the research on The Flying Squad for the
article on ‘The Sweeney’, that revealed a car chase worthy of ‘The Sweeney’ that
happened in the 1930’s.
I’ve also bought several annuals for research purposes,
including ones for ‘The Herbs’, ‘Angels’, ‘The Sweeney’ and ‘Adam Adamant
Lives!’.
When we were researching ‘The Herbs’, I bought a copy of ‘The
Complete Herbal’ by Nicholas Culpeper, which was interesting but not altogether
helpful.
We also watch numerous episodes of whatever we are going to
talk about, which can be great fun or a bit of a chore.
Even when we think we know a series inside out, we’ve always
found that there is something more to learn.
(By Lisa Parker)
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