This is a perky, if unnecessary, adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1815 novel. Directed by Autumn de Wilde (what a gorgeous…
An elegant and light-hearted adaptation of Jane Austen’s much-loved novel. Directed by Joe Wright with a screenplay by Deborah Moggach…
A marvellously spooky collection of festive stories from the late 19th century to the 1950s. Quite appropriately there are 13…
This book has zero scare factor. The title is also a little misleading, as not all of the stories are…
Villainous vines, odious orchids and terrifying trees run riot through this creepy collection. They are almost as frightening as the…
You’d be forgiven for assuming that a film with the title Bram Stoker’s Dracula might be a faithful adaptation of…
The Hobbit was first published in 1937. A novel for children, it is of course enjoyed by adults too. So…
A much-loved classic first published in 1868-9, Little Women is always a joy to revisit. I remember not really liking…
Directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Gregory Peck, this adaptation of Harper Lee’s 1960 novel is a classic in its…
‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want…