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The Prime Minister said ‘of course’ he did not breach restrictions in place during the coronavirus pandemic.

José Lourenço’s film adaptation of German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther opens with a line on screen stating it is “based on the smash hit 1774 novel of tragic romance”. Set in contemporary Canada, it revolves around Werther (Douglas Booth), who falls tragically…

The subgenre helped increase the market share by 41.3% last year aided by bestseller Fourth Wing from Rebecca Yarros while food and drink topped nonfiction sales

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Cassandra burning her sister, Jane Austen's letters, has been avidly discussed among historians and is now dramatised in a BBC series

A recap of Miss Austen episode 3.

"Are you ready to meet the person who truly makes you You: You?"

A recap of Miss Austen episode 2

In this collection of social commentary and interviews, the novelist sheds light on the artistic process and her need to help shape the cultural landscape

A voice coach is reported to have visited the Prime Minister to help him prepare a response to the Brexit deal while lockdown rules were in place

Arguably the greatest act of literary vandalism in history becomes masterly TV, as we see Cassandra Austen destroy thousands of her sister Jane’s letters following her death – out of love