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IN FOCUS: With a fresh script and songs by KT Tunstall, the all-singing, all-dancing adaptation of the seminal Nineties teen movie starring Alicia Silverstone has finally hit the West End… starring actors who weren’t even alive when the film was released. Annabel Nugent meets them, along with writer/director Amy Heckerling

Amy Heckerling adapts her own iconic screenplay for a lumbering production in need of more belters from composer KT Tunstall

At the heart of the BBC’s new series Miss Austen is a fictional Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes). Reviews have stressed that the real life Cassandra’s destruction of her sister Jane Austen’s letters has been considered one of the greatest acts of literary vandalism in history. These letters would…

Helen Fielding is among famous faces taking part in a BBC documentary about Jane Austen as the British novelist’s 250th birthday is marked this year.

Known for portraying Martin Fowler in BBC’s EastEnders, James Bye will play Mr Darcy in the stage adaptation of PD James’ Death Comes To Pemberley.

Tissues at the ready for Jon Pointing and Dylan Llewellyn’s emotional ending. Plus: another weepy conclusion for Miss Austen. Here’s everything to watch this evening

From sparkling dialogue to surprise character traits, wit, humour and tragedy, this is the year to appreciate Austen

Miss Austin fans are unanimous in their approval

Helen Fielding, David Baddiel, Nicola Sturgeon and other cultural figures celebrate the great writer’s 250th birthday