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Tanika Gupta brings authority and nuance to her adaptation, exploring class, colonialism, partition and invasion – and finding unexpected resonance

Dickens was just 11-years-old when he was forced to leave school in the autumn of 1823

Dickens was just 11-years-old when he was forced to leave school in the autumn of 1823.

ZADIE Smith has never set much store by consistency. “Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don’t, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work,” she once told this newspaper. “It’s not consistent. I am…

I’ve long dreamed of visiting these Italian islands. But who needs sea views and olive groves when you’ve got traffic-filled expressways and the Fairmount Water Works?

It might be an old favourite, says Josh Barrie, but this pub needs to work on its service

It's remarkably similar to Gonzo's outfit in The Muppet Christmas Carol... remarkably

I can't unsee the similarities after an internet user called out Timothée Chalamet for looking like a Muppet Christmas Carol character.