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James Cosmo on Braveheart and breaking bread with Brendan Gleeson

RIGHTLY or wrongly, ask anyone around the world to name a film set in Scotland and the chances are they’ll say Braveheart.

The National (Scotland)

The 6 most glaring edits to Roald Dahl’s books by publisher Puffin

Author’s children’s stories have been rewritten to remove language deemed problematic

The Independent UK

The 6 most glaring edits to Roald Dahl’s books by publisher Puffin

Author’s children’s stories have been rewritten to remove language deemed problematic

The Independent UK

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Northanger Abbey has attracted a trigger warning for 'toxic relationships' but I love its gentle romance. Bookworm Mr Tilney is my favourite Austen hero

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

The Conversation

Who’s going to be triggered by Northanger Abbey? It’s hardly Game of Thrones

Greenwich University is warning students to prepare themselves for the ‘toxic friendships’ Jane Austen satirises in her novel

The Guardian - UK

University ridiculed after telling students Jane Austen is offensive

Students have been alerted to certain themes in ‘Northanger Abbey’

The Independent UK

OMG! It’s Jane Austen... the TikTok generation embraces new heroine

Two hundred years on, Austen’s take on the pressures of friendship and love is winning over young readers

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Hubris & Humiliation review – this queer take on Jane Austen is startlingly good

Lewis Treston’s witty and polished play blends Regency language and Australian slang to deliver a dizzying amount of jokes and sizzling romantic tension

The Guardian - AU

Jane Austen memes have ‘become a cult of their own’ – study

Pride and Prejudice author composed books that effectively contained memes centuries before the concept existed

Wales Online

Jane Austen inspired £1.75 million Georgian mansion with tennis court, gym and bar on the market in Ayrshire

The estate also boasts a three-bed cottage and one-bed studio flat.

Daily Record

Best young adult novels to read for fantasy and mystery-loving romantics

From slow burners to murder mysteries, we’ve got you covered

Evening Standard

Housing made rich Australians richer, leaving renters and the young behind – here’s how to fix it

Rising housing costs have dramatically widened the gap between rich and poor. If we want to address inequality, we will have to fix housing.

The New Daily

How housing made rich Australians 50% richer, leaving renters and the young behind – and how to fix it

Compared to the rest of the world, income inequality is not particularly high in Australia, nor is it getting much worse – until you include housing.

The Conversation

Guide to the classics: Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South – class warfare, 'shoppy people' and radical love

The industrial revolution was one of the biggest cataclysms in European history. Between 1790 and 1850, the countryside rapidly depopulated. Huge masses of people flooded into cities for factory work, living cheek-by-jowl in unhygienic slums.

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Fay Weldon obituary

Novelist and screenwriter whose tales of women taking control of their own destinies included The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

Daily Mirror

First pictures of King Charles III banknotes - and when they will be released

New-look banknotes showing the portrait of King Charles III have been shared by the Bank of England for the first time - but the eco-conscious monarch wants them to enter circulation slowly

The Guardian - UK

Amy Bloom: ‘Nigella Lawson is God (if we’re lucky)’

The American author on finding comfort in cookbooks, the allure of Jane Austen, and how Octavia Butler opened her mind to science fiction

The Guardian - UK

RuPaul’s Drag Race essay collection wins oddest book title of the year award

RuPedagogies of Realness wins the Bookseller/Diagram prize ahead of What Nudism Exposes and Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian

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Shehan Karunatilaka: ‘Choose Your Own Adventure books were my introduction to horror’

The Booker-winning author on Vietnam war stories and the brutality of Jane Austen

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Sister Novelists,' by Devoney Looser

NONFICTION: A fascinating biography of two hugely popular — but now forgotten — authors of the 19th century.

The Guardian - UK

Adam Kay: ‘Who knew Agatha Christie was totally incredible? OK, everybody, except me’

The doctor turned comedy writer on being inspired by Alan Bennett and comforted by David Sedaris

The National (Scotland)

Acclaimed Scots adaptation of Pride and Prejudice to make welcome return

IN the summer of 2018 at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, the young, Scottish actor and playwright Isobel McArthur and her ensemble took to the stage…

Newsroom.co.nz

In praise of middlebrow women's fiction

Catherine Robertson on novels women want to read (and write)

Chicago Tribune

Review: ‘Rosaline’ is ‘Romeo and Juliet’ from another teenager’s point of view — the jilted cousin

There’s a subgenre of teen rom-coms that modernize everything from William Shakespeare to Jane Austen. On Hulu, the movie “Rosaline” flips that idea back around, giving modern rom-com tropes and dialogue to the original 16th-century setting of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” I mean, why not?

The Independent UK

Rare first edition ‘Emma’ becomes most expensive Jane Austen novel ever sold

Copy of novel sold for £375,000

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