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‘People are rooting for the whale’: the strange American tradition of Moby-Dick reading marathons

For decades, diehard fans have joined together to read Herman Melville’s 600-page novel aloud in exotic locations

The Guardian - US

Best last-minute Christmas gifts to order online that will still deliver in time

Next-day options for busy bees and forgetful fiends

Evening Standard

Fiona Shaw: ‘People were being shot out of cannons by the British – why aren’t we telling that story?’

INTERVIEW: The Irish powerhouse is voicing the headteacher with a heart of gold in Richard Curtis’s new animation ‘That Christmas’. She sits down with Helen Coffey to talk falling in and out of love with acting, the joys of hitting her sixties – and why she’s not quite full of…

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An eco-light trail, bracing walks and Jane Austen: how to get festive in Hampshire

From Christmassy Regency houses and steam train rides to the best grub and places to stay, here’s how to have a high time in Hants this winter

The Guardian - UK

Places around the world you need to visit if you're a bookworm at heart

Love a good book? Then taking inspiration from these destinations might be a good idea for your next trip

Woman & Home

Amazon’s Book of the Year 2024 and similar reads to dive into

From best-selling romances to non-fiction marvels

Evening Standard

5 best Prime Video romantic comedies to stream right now

Check out these great rom-coms on Prime Video.

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15 years of Horrible Histories – kids’ TV so good it’s getting a Bafta

The anarchic show that spawned the team behind sitcom treasure Ghosts is being given a Bafta for its ‘extraordinary impact’. Here are its 15 greatest moments

The Guardian - UK

I tried the brain-hacking headphones and if you struggle to focus, you should too

They won't tell you off for slacking exactly, but they will give you data to prove you weren't in 'high-focus' mode for as long today –and it'll make you see how readily we make things too hard for ourselves.

TechRadar

A foodie tour of Somerset and Wiltshire by train and on foot

By travelling car-free we became fully immersed in the area’s quieter attractions, with cosy stays and great food throughout

The Guardian - UK

BBC to release Pride & Prejudice ‘follow up’

A sequel to the Jane Austen classic is being made and will focus on a different character

The Independent UK

The Other Bennet Sister: writer, plot and everything we know

The Other Bennet Sister is a brand-new Pride and Prejudice spin-off.

WhatToWatch

BBC is rebooting Pride and Prejudice, but not with the Jane Austen character I was expecting

A new Pride and Prejudice spin-off is coming to the BBC.

WhatToWatch

First editions of all Jane Austen’s novels to go on display at author’s house

Collection being exhibited at Jane Austen’s House in Hampshire includes her brother Frank’s copy of Emma

The Guardian - UK

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From feminist trailblazers to relatable icons, these are our favourite fictional women

Whether it's Jane Austen's early trailblazers or modern heroines, these women prove why girls really do run the world

The Guardian - UK

Pat Barker: ‘When I first read Pride and Prejudice, I hated it’

The author on reimagining Homer, the sexiness of John Donne’s sonnets, and what she’s learned from Margaret Atwood

The Conversation

‘Thornback’ keeps trending – here’s why this old-fashioned term is derogatory to young, single women

I am 27 years old; I have no money and no prospects. I am already a burden for my parents, and I am frightened. So don’t judge me, Lizzie.

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a gig with your favourite 90s artists’: KT Tunstall composes Clueless musical

Adaptation of Amy Heckerling’s classic 1995 comedy will open in London in February with a new score by the Scottish musician inspired by its soundtrack

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The Conversation

Shoplifting is now at record levels. Here’s how it went from a crime punishable by death to police ‘turning a blind eye’

Wherever you are on the political spectrum, shoplifting has come to symbolise today’s “broken Britain”. On the left, it is an inevitable product of the cost of living crisis and poverty, fuelled in part by growing levels of drug and alcohol addiction. On the right, it is a damning symptom…

The Conversation

Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy believes ‘extensive reading’ makes an accomplished woman. What else does reading mean in her work?

What does it mean to be a reader in Jane Austen’s novels? And what does it mean to read them? Susan Allen Ford, longtime editor of the Jane Austen Society of North America’s journals, confesses to perhaps 25 years of fascination with her subject.

Evening Standard

Best Regency romance novels for your collection

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The Conversation

3 of Jane Austen’s 6 brothers engaged in antislavery activism − new research offers more clues about her own views

More than two centuries after Jane Austen died in 1817, many of the English novelist’s fans want to know her takes on her day’s big issues, including race, colonialism and slavery.

The Guardian - UK

A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel audiobook review – preoccupations of a vibrant mind

Actor Lydia Leonard and novelist Anne Enright are among the narrators of the Wolf Hall author’s engaging essays on Madonna, Jane Austen and Princess Diana

The Conversation

Joanna Murray-Smith’s new adaptation of Uncle Vanya reminds us Chekhov’s play is both timeless and timely

Virginia Woolf always maintained that, of all of the great writers, the British novelist Jane Austen “is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness”.

The Guardian - UK

Sense and Sensibility review – lack of decorum drains tension from Austen adaptation

A shapeless staging and knockabout jokes detract from the emotional heft of this tale of thwarted love

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