Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson, old-school publisher who fought against corporate behemoths
Stevenson, who has died aged 85, was once hailed by The Daily Telegraph as “the last of the great lunching publishers”; after three decades with Hamish Hamilton, he struck out in 1989 to launch his ...
New discovery at Longleat suggests Jane Austen had real-life inspiration
New documents discovered at Longleat suggest legendary author Jane Austen may have drawn direct inspiration from the ...
Miss Austen: who's in the cast of the Jane Austen BBC series?
More recently, she’s appeared in Russell T Davies’ Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin, played DI Lindsay Denton in Jed Mercurio’s TV series Line of Duty, and appeared in 2018 drama The Bodyguard as the Home ...
‘A literary event’: Sylvia Plath memorabilia can fetch as much as $1m. A new book reveals a treasure trove of material
The task of understanding Sylvia Plath as a writer is intimidating. Her archives are vast. They span countries and colleges, and have varying levels of access and availability. Studying her oeuvre in ...
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Linsey Davis
Raphael Warnock, Kanye West, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Anita Hill, Bill Gates ... Davis is the author of six books, including The New York Times bestsellers “Girls of the World” (March 2024 ...
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Seventy-five years ago a group of Omaha women started an ‘eclectic’ book club. It’s still going today.
The Eclectic Book Review Club’s origins date back to 1949, when 28 women attended the inaugural meeting at the Hill Hotel in ...
Millicent Dillon, Chronicler of Jane and Paul Bowles, Dies at 99
A novelist and short-story writer, she devoted years to a nonfiction project examining of the lives of two eccentric authors ...
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The Tan Hill Inn Swaledale: Jane Eyre filming at pub in 1970
In 1970, the remote and windswept Tan Hill Inn in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, became a film set for the adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel Jane Eyre. Starring George C. Scott as Mr ...
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Marian Jane Hill
Marian Jane Hill, 83, of Owensboro, passed away in her home on January 14, 2025. She was born on April 9, 1941, to Rollan and Jessie Sparks Arnold. Marian worked as a Financial Secretary for American ...
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Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk & family
But he was beheaded on Tower Hill for joining the Wyatt plot not long after the execution of his daughter Jane. Their three daughters were Jane, Katherine and Mary. Lady Jane Grey was the "nine days ...
The Midlife Revolution Has Arrived. Breaking Down Why 50 Isn't the New 30 — It's Better (Exclusive)
Films like 'Babygirl' and 'The Idea of You' and books like Naomi Watts' 'Dare I Say It' proves that midlife is no longer a ...
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Marian Jane Hill
Marian Jane Hill, 83, of Owensboro, passed away in her home on Jan. 14, 2025. She was born on April 9, 1941, to Rollan and Jessie Sparks Arnold. Marian worked as a Financial Secretary for American ...