Starmer’s poor political instincts are often explained by his background in the law and the Crown Prosecution Service. The same is said of Rachel Reeves and the Bank of England. But this argument does ...

A supernatural element was one of the foundations of Gothic literature. Adding ghosts to these tales linked them back to ...

What would be apparent to readers from sunnier climes is that most of Hirst’s Winter Literature depicts the season as a time ...

Whether we prefer Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, or Thomas Hardy, we must admit many of fiction's rockstars reside in the nineteenth century. Since then, directors have made films off ...

Estimates indicate this first book in the series is the best-selling Harry Potter title to date, with roughly 120 million ...

For example, the Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes has produced three audiobooks for Audible based on Charles Dickens’ works – including a version of Oliver Twist that includes Nicola Coughlan ...

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The two plays, one a Shakespeare rom-com and the other an adaptation of a Dickens classic, have more in common than being the work of perhaps the two greatest writers in the English language.

The plays are William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" and Charles Dickens’ "Great Expectations," adapted for the stage by Gale Childs Daly. Both will be presented from early July to mid-August on ...

I’ve been watching a lot of the late night shows this week from America on YouTube. Fallon, Kimmel and Colbert, all of them have used the same joke - “oh my god.....it’s only been a week ...

Another great thing about puzzling is that jigsaws are a pretty inexpensive hobby to upkeep. Generally prices are £20 and under and if you can find a family member or friend who enjoys putting pieces ...