The Latest Breaking News from Jane Austen

For a dose of hope in hard times, romcoms still do the trick. Just don’t expect to see a remake of Pretty Woman any time soon

A young woman has the right to choose her own destiny, and Charlotte Heywood is set to finally set upon her own. Read our guide on how to watch Sanditon Season 3 from anywhere.

Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically short by illness. Johannes Vermeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Austen, Franz Schubert and Emily Brontë are some famous examples.

The comic on hecklers, pre-show rituals, Jane Austen puns and her childhood heroes

Author showcases her dry wit in little-seen 1798 letter detailing her hats, household chores and chicken dinners

"It’s like a Jane Austen novel."

A bank failure wipes out the money available to its customers and freezes any capital that’s already in circulation. Depositors, borrowers and owners or shareholders all suffer as a result, as does wider economic activity and often the communities or business sectors that the banks serves.

RIGHTLY or wrongly, ask anyone around the world to name a film set in Scotland and the chances are they’ll say Braveheart.

Author’s children’s stories have been rewritten to remove language deemed problematic