Austen power

It’s been a mind-boggling half century since romantic drama Poldark first hit the small screen. The much-loved BBC production, initially released in 1975, was remade in 2015. Based on a collection of

She’s breathing fresh life into Jane Austen — and would love to be Helen of Troy

HEART THE LOVER BY LILY KING This year marks 250 years since Jane Austen was born so it’s fitting that love stories are having an epic moment. The current fiction boom (sales are up 18% on last year)

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The precocious poetry of Charlotte Brontë