Raised on romance novels, single women are are made to feel like odd socks miserably biding time till they’re paired up. But ...

To borrow and twist a line from Jane Austen, one of literature’s most famous spinsters: It is a truth universally ...

In her new memoir, Ione Skye recalls her early life and the sense of desperation for love that drove her into whirlwind romances with Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix, Matthew Perry, Anthony Kiedis and ...

School can turn classic books into a chore. Rereading Eliot or Austen or Shakespeare as we grow older, we can see how we have ...

Jessica Bull has been in love with the writer ever since the first episode of Pride and Prejudiced aired on the BBC in 1995.

Emmerdale actress Amy Walsh has shared a series of unseen photos of her husband Toby-Alexander Smith as she marked his ...

In the UK and across Europe, cousin marriage is coming under increased scrutiny - particularly from doctors, who warn that ...

Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding says that the voice of Jane Austen is "so strong and funny and perceptive" that authors have continued to copy and steal it for their own work. Fielding is ...

GENTLE READER: Fun times ahead at your place! Miss Manners is sorry to miss watching your husband’s face as he keeps discovering what it is costing him to stop opening doors for you. He is right ...