Category Archives: Television

Wheels spinning. Photo of the Week #133

Posted on July 3, 2011 by anninateatime

We take it very seriously in my family. Look at those faces. Look at how tense every one is. This is a photo from last year, but this scene will repeat itself this summer as it does every summer. The … Continue reading →

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Sherlock

Posted on February 5, 2011 by anninateatime

Sherlock Holmes is forever connected with long summer holidays in the family cottage by the sea where I read the stories of the master detective in my teens. And I still love Sherlock though its been years since I picked … Continue reading →

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Omsen & Momsen. Childhood Memories

Posted on October 13, 2010 by anninateatime

Tom and Jess are names printed in the mind of every person about my age and probably in the minds of all my generation’s parents and siblings as well – in Denmark that is. The actors Tom and Jess, a.k.a. … Continue reading →

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Shake it Hamm!

Posted on August 30, 2010 by anninateatime

As a European I only know a fraction of the references to American TV shows in the opening skit of the Emmy Awards. But even if I haven’t seen that Glee thing I still get to enjoy the hilariousness of … Continue reading →

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Living my other character… Thomas for the X Factor Win

Posted on March 27, 2010 by anninateatime

Not that one should necessarily cultivate double-naturedness or your inner Mr Hyde, but I think a certain amount of out-of-characterness is healthy. That’s at least what I have been telling myself these many past Fridays when the Danish version of … Continue reading →

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By demagoguery I mean demagoguery

Posted on November 2, 2009 by anninateatime

After having just given a paper at a conference I enjoy the freedom of having my evenings off. I keep thinking I should be doing something and then I realise that, no, I don’t have to do anything but watch House … Continue reading →

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In Tears. Giuseppe Verdi beaten to death by unsubtle drummer

Posted on October 26, 2009 by anninateatime

I just came upon a very, very funny youtube clip. Funny because it’s sad. Oh, so very sad and phoney. One of my favourite singers, mezzo soprano Tuva Semmingsen, seems to have been in some dire economic need or possibly … Continue reading →

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Bad taste… for blood

Posted on October 7, 2009 by anninateatime

I’m all about vampires at the moment having read the Twilight books and chewing away at the series True Blood. Two very different things – the former I’m a bit cringy to admit having completely swallowed up to a point … Continue reading →

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Lingonberries and Siegfried-motives in Astrid Lindgren’s Emil from Lönneberga. Photo of the Week #53

Posted on September 20, 2009 by anninateatime

In the marketplace of Lund, Sweden you can buy all sorts of wonderful local produce. At the moment the chanterelles and lingonberries would be my primary choice. Look at those masses of lingonberries: This seems to be one of the … Continue reading →

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English Country Houses. Part 2. Haddon Hall

Posted on August 29, 2009 by anninateatime

Next up: Haddon Hall. Located a short drive from Chatsworth my friend and I went there on the same day after having had that memorable afternoon tea. Haddon Hall was a favourite of mine even before I visited it since … Continue reading →

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