Dr Robyne Calvert
@robyneerica.bsky.social
Cultural Historian: art, design, architecture, fashion. Author: The Mack @YaleBooks; Academic & Learning Developer (SLD) @UofGlasgow. Feminist & aspire to be a good Ally. Sewist 🪡🧵 Kdrama Addict🫰and GenX Nerd 🧙🏻♀️👻☕️ she/her
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7. Fave character: O Ae Sun, played by the incredible IU, in When Life Gives You Tangerines. Spoiler: this won’t be the last time this one shows up on this list.
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
7. Fave character: O Ae Sun, played by the incredible IU, in When Life Gives You Tangerines. Spoiler: this won’t be the last time this one shows up on this list.
6. A drama you dropped: Bad and Crazy - with Lee Dong Wook and Wi Ha Joon, I had such high hopes. But… it just kind of sucked. I'm so sorry. I love them both still.
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
6. A drama you dropped: Bad and Crazy - with Lee Dong Wook and Wi Ha Joon, I had such high hopes. But… it just kind of sucked. I'm so sorry. I love them both still.
5. A visually beautiful drama: This is a tough one because almost all Kdramas are absolutely beautiful. But I think I might have to give this to a Japanese one: Romantics Anonymous. Between the interiors and the chocolates, it was ridiculously pretty.
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
5. A visually beautiful drama: This is a tough one because almost all Kdramas are absolutely beautiful. But I think I might have to give this to a Japanese one: Romantics Anonymous. Between the interiors and the chocolates, it was ridiculously pretty.
4. Fave original song: Shining from Twinkling Watermelon. It’s just so lovely and upbeat! Also I wasn’t sure it would be fair to pick something from Kpop Demon Hunters, but if so it would have to be Free. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF_z...
Kim Han Gyeom - SHINING (Twinkling Watermelon OST Part 3) [Rom|Eng Lyric]
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December 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
4. Fave original song: Shining from Twinkling Watermelon. It’s just so lovely and upbeat! Also I wasn’t sure it would be fair to pick something from Kpop Demon Hunters, but if so it would have to be Free. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF_z...
3. Fave actor discovered: Gong Woo - and I know I am ridiculously late to this party. I also can’t say I didn’t know him before this year, but this is the year I started really paying attention after seeing how great he was in The Trunk, and began seeking out his back catalog. Yes I watched Goblin!
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
3. Fave actor discovered: Gong Woo - and I know I am ridiculously late to this party. I also can’t say I didn’t know him before this year, but this is the year I started really paying attention after seeing how great he was in The Trunk, and began seeking out his back catalog. Yes I watched Goblin!
1. Which country’s dramas have you watched the most in 2025? South Korea of course. [pic: When the Phone Rings, one of the first watches of the year]
2. Fave actress discovered: Lee Sun Bin - she was just so delightful and natural in The Potato Lab, which is a favourite from this year.
2. Fave actress discovered: Lee Sun Bin - she was just so delightful and natural in The Potato Lab, which is a favourite from this year.
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
1. Which country’s dramas have you watched the most in 2025? South Korea of course. [pic: When the Phone Rings, one of the first watches of the year]
2. Fave actress discovered: Lee Sun Bin - she was just so delightful and natural in The Potato Lab, which is a favourite from this year.
2. Fave actress discovered: Lee Sun Bin - she was just so delightful and natural in The Potato Lab, which is a favourite from this year.
That said, the struggle is real when ‘research time’ is not an expected part of one’s role, nor is funding available. I feel fortunate to have a supportive team, who like me are also research-active non-researchers. REF Environment? In any case, I do feel honoured to be recognised! #researchculture
July 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
That said, the struggle is real when ‘research time’ is not an expected part of one’s role, nor is funding available. I feel fortunate to have a supportive team, who like me are also research-active non-researchers. REF Environment? In any case, I do feel honoured to be recognised! #researchculture
So today I shall celebrate all my life choices that enabled me to not know of the existence of this show for almost a decade.
April 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
So today I shall celebrate all my life choices that enabled me to not know of the existence of this show for almost a decade.
Upon googling to see who was responsible for this monstrosity, it turns out to be a television series that started in 2017, from the son of the dude that wrote the Left Behind series, so globally popular that now it gets released in the cinema first I guess.
April 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Upon googling to see who was responsible for this monstrosity, it turns out to be a television series that started in 2017, from the son of the dude that wrote the Left Behind series, so globally popular that now it gets released in the cinema first I guess.