In a small room in an English country house, famed Author Thomas Hardy lay sick in bed. Frail, 87, a little querulous in his talk, he still seemed unaccustomed to this invalid ease, the result of ...

I’m sure (as in: I’m not sure) that there is a film in which Laurel or Hardy or Buster or Harpo rides a horse backwards, isn’t there, maybe after ...

The five-member cast of the Conn Artists Theatre Company performed a drama production of Thomas Hardy’s Far From The Madding Crowd at the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton, February 7. It was just the ...

The creator of Bridget Jones, who grew up on Jane Austen and Jackie Collins, has no patience for “snobbery about escapist ...

WORK has begun to clear up a fire-ravaged café site that has links to author Thomas Hardy - but so far his commemorative plaque remains entombed beneath the rubble. Contractors were assigned to ...

Ralph Pite’s new biography explores Hardy through his famous reticence ... How to ruin a film - a short guide by @TWHodgkinson: Thomas W Hodgkinson - There Was No Sorcerer Thomas W Hodgkinson: There ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

A two decade-old bookstore in Santacruz gives new life to second-hand titles in the age of branded releases ...

REVIEW: Far From The Madding Crowd, Worthing-based Conn Artists on tour, with dates in Portsmouth and Horsham to come.

Author Claire Keegan is best known for her string of successful novellas – not least Booker-nominated ‘Small Things Like ...

HAMILTON, Ill. – Thomas Benjamin “Ben” Hardy, 47, of Hamilton, Illinois, passed away at 4:58 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at his home. Ben was born March 16, 1977, the son of Donald Dean and Anna ...

The star-crossed lovers captured in these Gothic romance books will give you a new reason to hate Valentine’s Day.