Never Marry A Mitford

After a little break in lockdown, we're back talking about Ab Fab (which both Sara and Amelia watched in lockdown) and Next In Fashion's Minju Kim. There are spoilers galore for the first season of Netflix's Next in Fashion, so watch it first before you listen. And if like us, you want to become obsessed with Alexa Chung's YouTube, we recommend this one to get you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRjKX1-ilwo Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @marryamitford and if you like the show please leave us a review - go on, do it now!

In this episode we jet off to a galaxy far, far away (2008 and Alderaan)to discuss last year's epic heist movie Hustlers and our heroine is a princess of both space and our hearts, Carrie Fisher. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @marryamitford

We have battled through technological issues and mad schedules to return to you! This week, our episode is about ITV's Sanditon (Spoiler alert: Sara and Amelia were not keen) and our heroines are the Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @marryamitford

This episode, Sara and Amelia discuss Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel Daisy Jones and the Six, and discuss the cultural influence of Stevie Nicks. Lindsay Lohan's performance of The Edge of Seventeen which Sara fangirls over, can we watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7lPZaGiuRY Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @marryamitford

Welcome back to season three! And just in time for Halloween too! In our spooktacular (sorry) first episode we will be discussing Madeline Miller's novel Circe and our heroine is everyone's favourite bat wielding teenager (she did do it first) Nancy Wheeler from Stranger Things. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @marryamitford

In the final episode of Season 2, Sara and Amelia discuss their favourite romantic comedy writers: Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah (10 Things I Hate About You and She's The Man), Nancy Meyers (The Parent Trap and It's Complicated) and Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally and You've Got Mail). Warning: this episode contains the revelation that Sara and Amelia both stan for Meredith Blake. For the latest updates on Never Marry A Mitford, and general excitement about The Crown Season 3 and the new Little Women film, follow @marryamitford. Excellent article by Wesley Morris on romantic comedies: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/magazine/romantic-comedy-movies.html Really good piece on Long Shot and Always Be My Maybe: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alisonwillmore/always-be-my-maybe-ali-wong-randall-park-long-shot-seth

This episode, Sara and Amelia discuss Florence + The Machine's debut album Lungs - which is ten years old this year - and their historical heroine is Andrea Dunbar. The Vogue essay by Florence Welch which Sara and Amelia discuss: https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/florence-welch-on-addiction-and-sobriety Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile by Adelle Stripe: https://www.waterstones.com/book/black-teeth-and-a-brilliant-smile/adelle-stripe/9780708898956 Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile by Freedom Studios: https://www.freedomstudios.co.uk/production/black-teeth-and-a-brilliant-smile/ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @marryamitford

(Slightly later than billed, apologies all round.) This week's episode sees Sara and Amelia discuss "There Ain't No Truth Without" Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the documentary RBG. Our historical heroine is author of Small Island and The Long Song Andrea Levy. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter on @marryamitford.

On this week's Pride Month episode Sara and Amelia discuss Desiree Akhavan's beautiful film The Miseducation of Cameron Post and share their love of the drama school kids from Booksmart. Our historical heroine this week is Radclyffe Hall, author of The Well of Loneliness. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @marryamitford.

Stall the ball and listen to this week's class episode. Sara and Amelia discuss the funniest comedy on television, Derry Girls and our historical heroine is short story writer Malachi Whitaker. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @marryamitford.

Welcome to Part 2 of our Crazy Ex-Girlfriend extravaganza! In this week's episode we discuss Rebecca's main Guys and Dolls(because it's a musical theatre show, get it?) Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @marryamitford.

Welcome to Part One of our Crazy Ex Girlfriend special. BLAM! In this episode, we run down our favourite songs from the series and discuss the emotional finale. We also get the giggles. A lot. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @marryamitford.

In this episode, we discuss the BBC adaptation of Les Misérables (and why exactly we can't understand Cosette) and we fangirl over Legally Blonde heroine, Elle Woods. What, like it's hard? Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @marryamitford.

This episode, Sara and Amelia discuss Alexandra Sheppard's debut novel, Oh My Gods and the historical heroine is Donna Sheridan from the Mamma Mia! cinematic universe. Follow Never Marry A Mitford on @marryamiford. Find out more about Alexandra Sheppard at: www.alexandrasheppard.com

This episode Sara and Amelia discuss Josie Rourke's directorial debut, Mary, Queen of Scots and our historical heroine is Vanity Fair's Becky Sharp. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @marryamitford

On this episode, we're discussing Mary Poppins Returns (with some added discussion of our forever obsession, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and our historical heroine is French novelist, Colette. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @marryamitford

We're back and we missed you! This episode we discuss The Favourite (this was recorded pre Olivia Colman Oscar win) and our historical heroine is Artemisia Gentileschi. There is a discussion of sexual violence in this episode. Follow us on all the usual social channels at @marryamitford.

Does this count as a royal special? Perhaps in anticipation of Baby Cambridge 3? This episode we're discussing Channel 4's excellent comedy The Windsors and our heroine is Diana, Princess of Wales (obscure royal). Never Marry A Mitford is produced by Sara Sherwood.

Ahoy there! That's what they say on ships, right? This week we're discussing Christopher Nolan's war epic Dunkirk and our heroine is Lady Edith "Poor Edith" Crawley. We've also got a podcast extra bit where we imagine which 20th Century war each member of One Direction could be placed in. We probably should have dwelled upon Zayn's fate more, email us where you think he would thrive nevermarryamitford@gmail.com. Never Marry A Mitford is produced by Sara Sherwood.

For the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death we discuss contemporary adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Emma, rank our top 5 Mr Darcy's (don't @ us) and chat about the recent film Love and Friendship. Never Marry A Mitford is produced by Sara Sherwood.

This episode we recount our visit to Kenwood House in Hampstead, the home of Dido Elizabeth Belle, and our heroine is sulky gardening queen Mary Lennox from The Secret Garden. A lovely explainer on Amma Asante's Belle, which we discuss at length: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/belle-the-film-which-sheds-light-on-a-radical-episode-in-the-abolition-of-slavery-9461810.html COLIN FROM THE SECRET GARDEN IS THE WORST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-Ni3vzXSs

This week we explore the delightful Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham, with an added discussion on gothic architecture (and Hogwarts) and our heroine is chronicler of WW1 Vera Brittain. Strawberry Hill House is lovely, please visit it and visit the tea shop: www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk The Philip Larkin poem which Sara references is MCMXIV: www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/mcmxiv Never Marry A Mitford is produced by Sara Sherwood.

This week we're discussing the Queer British Art exhibition at Tate Britain and our heroine is Belle from Beauty and the Beast (both the animated version and Emma Watson's take). But the most urgent question out of this episode is still: who from the Harry Potter universe is most likely to break out into song? More about the exhibition at Tate Britain: www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/queer-british-art-1861-1967 Belle Reprise from 2017 Beauty and the Beast (the noise which Amelia talks about happens at 0:20): www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTN2tC3jY0Y Never Marry A Mitford is edited by Sara Sherwood.

This week we discuss Eligible, Curtis Sittenfeld's modern day retelling of Pride and Prejudice and our historical heroine is teen dream princess Mia Thermopolis. Mia still keeps a diary, sort of, here: www.miathermopolis.com Never Marry A Mitford is produced by Sara Sherwood.

This week we're heading to Walthamstow to fangirl over the William Morris Gallery and our historical heroine is intrepid war reporter Martha Gellhorn. Further information about the William Morris Gallery can be found here: www.wmgallery.org.uk Sara has previously written about Martha Gellhorn for The Heroine Collective, here's her article: www.theheroinecollective.com/martha-gellhorn Never Marry A Mitford is edited by Louisa Shanks.

This week we discuss the Vanessa Bell exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery and Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing. The Vanessa Bell exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery is on until 4 June: www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2017/february/vanessa-bell-1879-1961 And much more information about Charleston, which we're desperate to visit: www.charleston.org.uk The BBC adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing starring Sarah Parish and Damian Lewis which we fangirl over: www.bbc.co.uk/drama/shakespeare/muchadoaboutnothing/index.shtml Never Marry A Mitford is edited by Louisa Shanks.

There are huge spoilers for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in this episode, so don't listen if you want to #KeepTheSecrets We're without Jessie for this week's episode but Sara and Amelia soldier on! We discuss the Palace of Versailles in Paris and misunderstood teen queen Marie Antoinette as well as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child's Hermione Granger. If you're planning to visit Versailles, there's lots of information here: http://en.chateauversailles.fr/ We briefly discuss Antonia Fraser's book on Marie Antoinette, more information here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/jun/17/biography.artsandhumanities Never Marry A Mitford is edited by Louisa Shanks.

In episode 2 we discuss our visit to Eltham Palace, an art deco paradise in London. Our historical babe of the week is Julia Margaret Cameron who snapped images of women in the nineteenth century. You can visit Eltham Palace too, more information here: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/eltham-palace-and-gardens/ Information about JMC and the V&A exhibition which Amelia talks about: http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/j/julia-margaret-cameron/ You can follow us on @marryamitford and send us historical romance tips on nevermarryamitford [at] gmail [dot] com. Never Marry A Mitford is edited by podcast guru Louisa Shanks.

Never Marry A Mitford has arrived! In episode 1 we discuss our historical heroine Emma Hamilton, and the exhibition about her life at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich; and Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love. Emma Hamilton: Seduction and Celebrity is on until 17 April: www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/emma-hamilton-seduction-and-celebrity