Petra in Midsomer
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Petra in Midsomer
@petra-in-midsomer.bsky.social
Cultural Historian | Heritage & Atmosphere
🎭 Staging History
🏞️ Midsomer Murders & Englishness
🧩 Reminding the Past • Inspiring the Future
💻 MidsomerMurdersHistory.org
4/4

... and I'm currently writing a book about the special Midsomer atmosphere.

If you know anyone who I should follow or who should follow me, please let me know or just share this post. I'd love to make some connections here! Take care, Petra
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
3/4

I'm guessing most of you are familiar with Midsomer Murders. I'd say the TV series, and maybe even the books and the stage play.
MM combines everything: history, Englishness, cultural heritage, and, more recently, theatre. I collect and analyse everything, ...
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
2/4

However, I'm not that easy to pin down: I studied cultural history and am now somewhere at the intersection of history, Englishness (landscape = English identity), heritage, theatre and, above all, the question of how a can be staged to bring it to life.
Midsomer Murders is my case study.
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I love your review <3
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
3/3 -
Subtle, well-paced direction and staging, sensitive to tone and atmosphere, and that unmistakable English humour – Midsomer Murders on Stage perfectly captures the tone of Graham's world as I imagined it while reading the book.

Congratulations to everyone involved.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
2/3 -
A spot-on cast brought Midsomer to life: Daniel Casey as DCI Barnaby, James Bradwell as Sgt Troy, and Julie Legrand, Nathalie Barclay, Chandrika Chevli, John Dougall, Rupert Sadler, Chris Agha and Rhian Crowley-McLean in multiple roles as residents of Badger‘s Drift.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM