With a new film adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd to be released, the book’s feisty heroine is sure to enchant a new generation of fans. Clementine Ford argues for the importance ...

Alas, the marriage soured, with Emma moving to the attic and writing a diary entitled 'What I Think of My Husband'. Hardy burnt it. After Emma's death, Hardy marries Florence Dugdale, who isn't ...

What could be more pleasing than an evening of extracts from George Eliot's diaries and novels read by Hermione Norris (Cold ...

The Monty Python sketch of Thomas Hardy writing “The Return of the ... Byrne is at her best when she digs into the Hardys’ unhappy marriage. Tom was a cad, but Emma was no picnic, either.

Period Dramas, whether films or TV shows, take us back in time as we witness the lives and struggles of people in different eras.

Jane Austen fans are everywhere, and in India, they have found a way to make her novels, characters and plots their own. Plus ...

Ethan Hunt’s last mission? A new Superman? Happy Gilmore as a dad? Three genre-spanning Pedro Pascal movies, including a romance, a superhero movie and an A24 Ari Aster thriller? Hollywood is ...

The protagonist of Netflix’s latest crime drama Department Q is… Hostile, to say the least. ‘He is a brilliant detective, but ...

A memorial service is planned at Roche Funeral Home in Lenox on Saturday, June 28, at 11 a.m. A reception will follow at ...

To celebrate the beginning of our 20th year, we’ve set out to catalogue the contributions that Pittsburgh and western ...

A talk in Fordingbridge will explore the lives of Thomas Hardy’s sisters. The event will focus on his sisters, Mary and Kate, who trained as teachers in Salisbury Cathedral close and their subsequent ...

A group of literature enthusiasts are travelling across Dorset this summer to tell the tales of Thomas Hardy’s lesser-known fictional treasures. Dorchester's New Hardy Players are back to take a ...