The 'rapeyness' is fine? Again I think we need to be really careful with our language here, and not minimize rape. Rape IS a form a torture.

I think you/we need to be really careful with your/our language here. In fact, I think this review should have had a trigger warning on it. I'm not sure if the episode did. I understand what you were trying to get across, but using the phrase 'mere rape' implies that rape itself is somehow 'not so bad', or 'not AS…

Exactly - and they would cover entire rooms sometimes. But as you said, the fabric they are using on set is most likely not of the same type/standard that one would see in actual tapestries. Have you ever seen the Story of Abraham series at Hampton Court? They are absolutely enormous, and so so detailed. Henry…

I just replied to this on the other comment, and as I said there, I agree with you on the dining room, but the bedroom is definitely hung with either tapestries or carpets. Must get the set designers in on this! :-)

I've never been to Hardwick Hall, but I have been meaning to visit for ages! I've read so much about it, it will be amazing to see it in person.

I think you're right about the dining room - that definitely looks like it is either wallpaper or possibly even a mural/painting that covers the room. Also notice that the dining room looks like it is covered in wood paneling, which would be a better material to apply paper to.

As I mentioned to PunkRockOldLady in another comment above, that wasn't wallpaper - it was tapestries cut and hung on the walls to keep the drafts out. Have a look at the scene again, and you'll see how it loosely hangs and is rippled in certain spots. You couldn't hang wallpaper on that kind of stone even if you…

That wasn't wallpaper - it was tapestries cut and hung on the walls to keep the drafts out. Have a look at the scene again, and you'll see how it loosely hangs and is rippled in certain spots. You couldn't hang wallpaper on that kind of stone even if you wanted to. Just a heads up - though you still may not like…