Opening the box of delights

BY THE BOOK I’m writing to say how ...

Material from the BBC’s ‘golden age’ tends to be recalled through a heavily rose-tinted lens. Apart from Fawlty Towers, certain Monty Python skits and a few documentaries, I’m not sure it was all that

200 years of Dickens on stage and screen

Talking Pictures TV talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 82 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 A Hitch in Time (1978) (Saturday 2 August, 10.30am) Family. Director: Jan Darnley-Smith. Starring: Patrick Tr

For 45 years, Jill Barklem’s ‘Brambly Hedge’ series has been captivating young readers. Emily Allen explores her magical miniature world

IN PRAISE OF PODS I found the ...