the journal

The Journal

A long-form essay accompanies each film — the citations the film does not need to carry. Investigations, primary sources, and portraits, in longer form.

Nº01

Investigation

On the Barring of the Doors: A Note on Coronation Protocol

The official Coronation Order of 1820 makes no provision for the exclusion of a reigning queen consort. Yet the doors were barred. What protocol was being followed, and by whose authority?

March 2026  ·  12 min read

Nº02

Primary Sources

What Beatrice Burned: The Edited Albert Letters

Princess Beatrice spent three decades transcribing — and excising — her mother's journals. The originals were burned. The transcripts are the only record. We have learned to read what is missing.

May 2026  ·  18 min read

Nº03

Portrait

Lady Russell, in Three Letters

Three surviving letters from a woman Austen knew in Bath. Read in sequence, they describe the slow construction of a cage around a younger relation — and the novelist watching it happen.

July 2026  ·  14 min read