Jane Austen Celebration – 200 Years of an Extraordinary Life
18th July 1817 a 41 year old English countrywoman Jane Austen passed on, having published six novels 1811 – 1818 based on her observations of English rural life
Colin Firth
Bridget Jones’s Baby – Tricky Very Tricky, Darcy or McDreamy
Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones is a character that embodies all our human failings helping us to know how to pick ourselves up again through hope and soldier on
Jane Austen, Mr Darcy, The Regency and Vanity Fair – Part 1
English author Jane Austen lived in one of the most eventful, colourful and turbulent epochs in the history of England and Europe.
Jane Austen and Her First Impressions – Woman of Influence
If she were alive would Jane Austen be amused by amounts of money given for notable editions of her First Impressions – is pride or prejudice dictating price?
Carolyn McDowall’s Terrific Twelve + Reading Choices of 2012
At the end of the National Year of Reading in Australia my terrific twelve reading choices for 2012 includes a bonus delightful gem Mr. Marshall’s Flower Book
The People Speak in Australia, Words are How the World Works
Produced by The History Channel and WTFN Entertainment and exclusive to FOXTEL on Sunday, December 2 at 7.30pm AEDT The People Speak event comes to Australia for the first time. The format was born in 2009 when actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, along with film producer Chris Moore collaborated…
The People Speak – Great Voices Resonating around the World
The People Speak, by giving voice to those who speak out for change, reminds us that democracy is not a spectator sport but an ongoing war of resonating words
Sex Spies & Shameful Liaisons Cinema Event @ Venice Biennale
The 2011 Mostra Internazionale D’Arte Cinematografica la Biennale di Venezia held recently was host to a whole new raft of so-called ‘intelligent movies’ distinguished actors like Britain’s heartthrob Colin Firth believes audiences are clamouring for.