Maz Kanata herself - as real as her CGI castle! It's fair to say that ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ has inspired quite a few of our holidays since its release in 2015, with my husband and I visiting several of the filming locations in the intervening years. Our first holiday together was to the … Continue reading Searching for Maz Kanata’s castle in the Lake District
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Liverpool has some great museums, and despite being local I probably don't visit them as often as I should. At the start of this year I heard about a new display at the Museum of Liverpool all about filming in the city and of course I needed to pay it a visit. I was very … Continue reading Museum of Liverpool special exhibition – a celebration of filming in the city
Proof that Liverpool is the most filmed city in the UK after London is the ability to walk through the city on a random Tuesday evening and stumble across a film crew for the new Beatles biopics and see Barry Keoghan as Ringo Star. A set of four individual films, focusing on each of the … Continue reading The Beatles filming – Here, There and Everywhere in Liverpool
Disclaimer – contains strong language! This location visit took place in July 2025 during an amazingly hot summer weekend in Glasgow. The temperature reached 30 degrees Celsius – I repeat, 30 degrees in Glasgow! My husband and I first visited Glasgow on our honeymoon back in 2019 and for our 6th anniversary we thought it … Continue reading Trainspotting in Glasgow
