When the novelist Thomas Hardy died, his widow Florence burned all his letters and notebooks in the grounds behind their ...

Speaking about the main story at the heart of Miss Austen, executive producer Christine Langan said: "Miss Austen is about ...

There is a long and rich history of onscreen adaptations of Jane’s enduring love stories from BBC’s 1995 Pride and Prejudice ...

A Merseyside Police officer has been sacked after he was found to have sent racist messages to a fellow officer. Police ...

Miss Austen, which takes the timeslot of recent Sunday night period drama hits SAS Rogue Heroes and Wolf Hall, is an ...

Austen is one of the greatest writers in the English language – but relatively little is known about her. And that's in part ...

Where have I seen Synnøve Karlsen before? Karlsen is known for her roles in BBC's Clique, Netflix's Bodies, Last Night in ...

GIVE me period drama, historical fiction or anything that isn’t set in the modern day and I will be glued to it. I’ve got my sights set on the latest BBC drama to take on a different ...

Keeley Hawes portrays Cassandra Austen, the older sister of Pride and Prejudice author Jane Austen, in BBC's new period drama ...

The series delves into the mystery surrounding why Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes) destroyed her sister Jane's (Patsy Ferran) personal letters following her death. The show is scheduled to ...

Many fans are eager to learn more about Jane and how she spent her final days before her untimely death at the age of 41. Jane passed away on July 18, 1817, at 8 College Street, Winchester at 4.30am, ...

In a new book — London's Lost Pubs — Sam Cullen goes on a epic crawl of over 200 of the most interesting erstwhile boozers, ...