Staircase Wit

It began with an email from my local PBS station during the second year of the pandemic. Antiques Roadshow was going to be filming new epi...

My viewing (and recapping) of the last two episodes was delayed by a trip to Edinburgh and London but overall I enjoyed this series.  I did,...

Title : A Pledge of Better Times Author : Margaret Porter Publication : Gallica Press, 2015, paperback Genre : Historical Fiction Plot...

In the last episode, the authorities decided that Ramu Sood killed Adam’s mother, Jaya. They don’t know that Ralph had a stronger motive: a...

The Indian children from the orphanage/school, out for an innocent swim, find the body of Adam’s mother, Jaya, floating in the lake. When D...

The episode begins with Adam’s crazy mother walking into Mr. Sood’s house while a servant snoozes, and stealing a wedding sari that belonged...

The Viceroy is hosting a very elegant party at his residence to celebrate Ralph’s and Madeleine’s engagement – Alice says everyone has been ...

The Viceroy of all India has arrived in Simla to enjoy the cool breezes after a business trip to London, and everyone bows very low indeed a...

Aafrin is back at work after being shot, despite appearing to be at death’s door at the hospital in last week’s episode. Ralph’s previous co...

If Alice was expecting a relaxing summer visiting her highly-placed-in-the-British-hierarchy brother, she had a rude awakening within hours ...

Episode 1 – March, 1932 – set in India during the last years of the Raj, this is a series about intersecting English and Indian characters, ...

Last spring I was captivated by a three-part series from the UK called Bletchley Circle .  I assumed it would be about the brilliant men an...

For those who enjoyed the PBS series * (and if you missed it, here is an article from Time Magazine to change your mind) and are eager to r...