http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-3927-jane-austen/topic-rss.do Jane Austen RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23759628-love-em-or-ban-em-you-cant-keep-the-hoodie-down.do If you like high fashion, hoods are good. Hoods and snoods are “in” this autumn: the catwalk tells us so 2009-10-22T07:55:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23757344-darling-im-not-name-dropping-im-networking.do Never mind the six degrees of Kevin Bacon. Nicky Haslam's forthcoming memoirs, Redeeming Features, has set a whole new benchmark for the small world phenomenon 2009-10-16T07:39:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23754575-take-history-by-artists-with-a-big-pinch-of-salt.do Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall is a worthy winner of the Booker Prize but qualms have already been raised by some critics over the novel’s disservice to history 2009-10-09T08:13:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23730774-im-rich-but-worried-my-stunning-girlfriend-is-just-after-my-money.do They are candid, provocative - and totally at odds with each other. Our resident 'sexperts' offer conflicting advice on Londoners' sexual dilemmas... 2009-08-11T10:43:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23718987-please-no-more-scraps-from-beyond-the-grave.do George III got it right, I think. He once said he was always glad to hear of the death of an author - because then he knew he'd got the fellow complete upon his shelf 2009-07-14T07:09:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23704887-how-fanfic-took-over-the-web.do Ever wondered what happened to Harry Potter’s children? Or if Mr Rochester and Jane stayed hitched? Out in cyberspace fans have written sequels. 2009-06-08T09:40:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23664245-sony-and-google-in-digital-books-tie-up.do Sony has teamed up with Google to fight back against Amazon’s lead in offering digital books through hand-held electronic reading devices 2009-03-19T09:15:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23629224-the-man-who-wrote-the-script-for-londons-theatre-boom.do His musical, Billy Elliot, is a hit on Broadway. Now Lee Hall is bringing his Evening Standard Award-winning The Pitmen Painters back by popular demand. 2009-01-27T11:52:08Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23580582-record-breaking-london-film-festival-ends-on-emotional-high.do The London Film Festival notched up record audiences in a two-week run ending with the European premiere of the new movie from Trainspotting director Danny Boyle 2008-10-31T09:41:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23542281-fetish-night-with-a-big-heart.do Dressed like Betty Boop in a skintight red PVC dress, Miss Behave has the fruity voice of a head girl 2008-08-20T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23542284-a-cocktail-of-knowledge-beats-exams.do The GCSE results are published today and, for anyone who ever took an exam, this is a time when a cloud of retroactive butterflies are released 2008-08-21T08:20:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23542178-bond-girl-gemma-to-play-tess-of-the-durbevilles-as-tv-turns-back-to-costume-dramas.do It is a truth universally acknowledged - especially among female viewers - that you can never have too many costume dramas. 2008-08-20T11:12:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23542053-whats-new-on-television-this-autumn-austen-hardy-and-dickens.do You could call them credit crunch classics - reliable dramas for worrying times 2008-08-20T09:38:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23538942-lashings-of-votes-for-enid-in-readers-poll.do Enid Blyton has been named best-loved author of all time in a new poll 2008-08-18T12:53:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23532331-itv-will-bring-back-variety-shows-to-win-saturday-night-ratings-battle.do ITV is to bring back variety shows for its autumn season in a bid to win the Saturday night prime-time ratings war. 2008-08-13T23:34:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23493518-pictured-face-of-the-good-looking-pleasant-young-man-who-inspired-jane-austens-mr-darcy.do A tiny portrait of the man a young Jane Austen loved and lost - believed to have inspired Pride And Prejudice's Mr Darcy - is to surface at an antiques fair. 2008-06-10T09:57:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23457815-dvds-of-the-week.do Catch the outstanding Into The Wild and a CGI Ray Winstone slaying beasts and bedding women in Beowulf, among this week's top DVDs. 2008-03-18T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23422067-whats-wrong-with-a-chick-flick.do The Jane Austen Book Club may not be perfect but it is a classic woman's picture in which the protagonists get to wear some great outfits. 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23421344-rom-com-gone-wrong.do The Jane Austen Book Club is a rom-com that tries to be sassy and true but ends up ridiculously unlike any kind of reality at all. 2007-11-15T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23417918-brick-lane-star-up-for-best-actress-award.do The young star of Brick Lane is to go head to head with Dame Judi Dench for the honour of best actress in the British Independent Film awards. 2007-10-24T07:47:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23404618-jane-austen-classic-butchered.do Amateurish performances, excruciatingly slow delivery and limp direction butcher Jane Austen's razor-sharp wit in an adaptation of Mansfield Park that should never have got near the stage. 2007-07-16T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23404079-sketches-by-an-old-lecher.do Simon Gray's investigation of Charles Dickens's extra-marital activities is enjoyable enough to please enthusiasts, but pulls too many punches to enthral the uncommitted, says Kieron Quirke. 2007-07-12T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23401067-leonardo-who-we-like-banksy.do Phoenix Nights star Peter Kay and guerrilla artist Banksy are bigger art heroes among young people than Leonardo da Vinci, if a new survey is to be believed. 2007-06-18T13:59:58Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23396666-put-kate-and-kylie-in-museum.do Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue and the iPod should be preserved in museums as icons of our time, according to a new survey. 2007-05-17T07:32:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23395907-is-this-really-a-portrait-of-jane-austen.do The novelist's family claims it is the only painting of the much-loved writer; its detractors say it can't possibly be. As the debate rages, a national treasure is at stake. 2007-05-11T14:47:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23388187-miss-austen-in-love.do Becoming Jane is your typical well-made British period piece. Only a lack of real inspiration and true cinematic flair prevent it from being a complete success. 2007-03-08T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23387658-austen-biopic-gets-stuck-in-the-mud.do For a romantic comedy Becoming Jane has serious aspirations. The feminist heroine is both brittle and self-conscious, while the horror of poverty is also forcefully conveyed. 2007-03-05T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23385671-and-next-years-winners-will-be.do The Brits threaten to clean up at the Oscars - but can our film industry sustain the good form? Charlotte O'Sullivan looks ahead to the movies that could take next year's prizes. 2007-02-15T16:15:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23381913-hollywoods-new-royalty.do After the Golden Globe successes and record growth in the British film industry, we name our top 50 major players. 2007-01-16T11:56:12Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23302886-v-is-for-verbose.do Natalie Portman shaved off her Star Wars locks for V for Vendetta, but doubts remain about whether it was worth it. Also released is Shooting Dogs and a couple of classics revisited. 2006-07-31T23:00:00Z