Archive - Laura Thompson’s Substack

The Mitford misfit

Jan 29 •

The W. Somerset Maugham Appreciation Society

and my favourite short story

Jan 22 •

Seriously silly TV

And naughty Nancy Mitford

Jan 15 •

That inspired William Thackeray

Jan 13 •

Thompson-Bywaters

Jan 9 •

As featured in Jane Austen

Jan 6 •

December 2024

Mr Dickens and Miss Coutts

A bitter-sweet story, for the sixth day of Christmas

Dec 30, 2024 •

Good tidings, good cheer

Happy Christmas to you all

Dec 23, 2024 •

The Holly and the Ivy

Best Christmas film BAR NONE (in my opinion)

Dec 19, 2024 •

(Not) Watching Agatha

A bottom ten: part II

Dec 13, 2024 •

(Not) Watching Agatha

A bottom ten: part I

Dec 9, 2024 •

Watching Agatha

Dec 5, 2024 •

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