Atmosphere. Memory. Staging.
What remains with us is not only what happened, but what reached us.
Picturesque Pasts is for those who work with history – not to explain it, but to give it form.
I work with theatre-makers, directors, curators and heritage professionals to shape places and scenes with substance, scenes that endure, places that are remembered.
As a Cultural Atmosphere Consultant & Narrative Interpreter, I work where history, aesthetics and emotion meet. My focus is Englishness, atmosphere, and emotional scenography – settings in which memory is already present and can be brought to the surface.
I develop narrative depth, visual and tonal coherence, and an awareness of what occurs between stage and audience, between place and visitor: tone, meaning, after-effect.
Whether in theatre, museums or heritage sites – my aim is that what is shown does not simply pass, but leaves a mark.
With attention to subtext.
With care for atmosphere.
With a sense for the past.
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Midsomer Murders is not only a passion project of mine (see also MidsomerMurdersHistory.org) but also serves as an ongoing case study: nostalgia handled with precision, the balance between fiction and place, and the ways popular drama intersects with tourism and collective memory.
>>>Behind the Lace Curtains – Midsomer Murders as a Tale with Two Englishnesses