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

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…

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

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?

Copy of novel sold for £375,000

Inscribed first edition of Emma to go on display in UK for first time at Chawton House, Hampshire

What happened next to headstrong Lydia Bennet, the most rock’n’roll of the Pride and Prejudice sisters? This intriguing take by Sarah Page reunites Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn

How do you get a reader in 1930s China to understand what a mince pie is?