To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies - The ...

It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with ...

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Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all? 1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen ...

Escape into this exclusive extract from Julia Kelly’s The Fisherman’s Gift - an exquisite love story that delves into the griefs and hopes that can lie behind village gossip. Joseph knows the storm is ...

It’s hard to believe Ted was once a skinny, unwanted pup who was dumped outside an animal shelter, before he found fame and fortune alongside Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse on the hit BBC series ...

You can usually tell within five minutes whether a TV show is your cup of tea. The same can be true of books – we’ve all put down a hefty tome within the first 50 pages, mildly offended by our ...

Sophie used to adore everything about Christmas. Hot chocolate and velvet bows, fairy lights and mince pies. Until the December her fiancé jilted her. Since then, Sophie opened Sunnyside Hotel, a ...

Iris Costello is the pseudonym of bestselling author, Nuala Ellwood. She has a BA Hons degree in Sociology from Durham University and a Master's in Creative Writing from York St John University where ...

Freshly divorced and in need of a job – Kate Elliot’s life needs a rewrite. So when she unearths an old letter from her ex-talent agent, Jojo Francisco – she takes it as a sign from the universe to ...

Click the button below to listen or continue scrolling to explore all of the books mentioned in this episode. From bonnets to Valspeak, Jane Austen has been interpreted countless ways on screen. But ...