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Feb 4

Sophie McShera of Downton Abbey, in character as Daisy, and in a civilian-clothes photoshoot. From Papermag’s gallery of Downton Abbey characters in and out of costume.

Some of these are real shocks. Siobhan Finneran (O’Brien) and Phyllis Logan (Mrs Hughes) are the big ones, and right up there as well is Jim Carter (Carson), not so much because he looks different as, well—you’ll see.

Feb 3

philnoto:

Lady Mary Crawley

Jan 24

Somewhere, at this very moment in time, this actual multi-chapter, 10,000-word fanfic is being written.

(via chicklittumbls)

Jan 4

tomandlorenzo:

The @DowntonPBS girls looking fabulous for Vogue. @materspiecePBS [Photo Credit: vogue.com, style.com]
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It’s always slightly disorienting to me to see the Downton Abbey ladies in modern dresses (even modern dresses that are clearly paying homage to the fashions of the early 20th century). And Laura Carmichael (Edith) is almost unrecognizable here.

(Michelle Dockery needs to sit up straight, dammit.)

Oct 20

There is a twitter account completely dedicated to Matthew Crawley’s hair.

nonboingy:

telegramsfromdownton:

http://twitter.com/#!/M_Crawleys_Hair

rebloggin for the gif

(Note for patient Americans waiting until January: it does have many references to stuff going on in Downton Abbey S2.)

(via rocketsandrayguns)

Oct 17

chirravutever:

Downton Abbey - Dowager Countess of Grantham vs. All

I cannot tell a lie: the label attached to poor Miss Swire is what made me laugh the hardest.

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Mar 10

#twitrelief is not, in fact, the feeling you get after you sign off the internets for the day.

So if you’re from the UK or a crazy Anglophile like me, you’re probably aware of the Comic Relief charity and all the fundraising shenangians that they get up to every year for Red Nose Day. This year they’re running something called #twitrelief, where participating celebs will follow the winner on Twitter for 90 days, retweet one of your tweets, and post a tweet using your @username. Some of the auctions have other fun stuff as well.

If I were in the UK, I’d be hard-pressed to pick from the following:

Neil Tennant - includes “his own ruddy keyboard”
Chris Addison - who with Peter Capaldi in character as Malcolm Tucker (!) will call the winner (or someone of the winner’s choice, for that matter) with a swearword-filled message.
Rebecca Front - who will send a signed The Thick Of It DVD with a message from Nicola Murray.
Dan Stevens - Matthew Crawley from Downton Abbey will ring the person of your choice and, with 2-3 other DA cast members, will sing “Happy Birthday”.
Tracey Thorn - is giving a gold disc to the lucky winner,
Bill Nighy - is joining Twitter just for this and will give the winner tickets to his next premiere and an invite to the after-party.
Bill Bailey - is giving away his Gretsch Countryman guitar

More auctions here. UK residents only, alas.

Feb 1

Designing for Downton: costume designer Susanna Buxton on the costumes of Downton Abbey.

Pictured: Sybil (Jessica Brown-Findlay), Mary (Michelle Dockery), and Edith (Laura Carmichael), the three daughters of the Earl of Grantham.