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01 Oct 2020

Susannah Books, Jane Austen, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions 28 Comments Permalink

Colin Firth and that shirt

Susannah 1 October 2020 28 Comments

It’s hard to believe, and makes me feel rather old, but it is now a quarter of a century since Colin Firth in a white shirt dived into a lake, Read more

01 Oct 2020

Susannah Books, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions, Talks 8 Comments Permalink

The Secret Garden 2020

Susannah 1 October 2020 8 Comments

I went the other day to watch the movie of The Secret Garden, based on the much-loved novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Read more

01 Oct 2020

Susannah Books, Newsletter 8 Comments Permalink

The House by the Lake

Susannah 1 October 2020 8 Comments

I do love to read history told in an accurate and highly readable way, and that’s exactly what you get with British author, Thomas Harding. Read more

01 Oct 2020

Susannah Authors, Books, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions 16 Comments Permalink

Black horse — 'Black Beauty' by Anna Sewell

Black Beauty

Susannah 1 October 2020 16 Comments

Two hundred years ago this year a woman was born in Norfolk who would bring about an interesting change in fiction. Read more

01 Oct 2020

Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 9 Comments Permalink

William Carlos Williams & This Is Just to Say

Susannah 1 October 2020 9 Comments

American poet William Carlos Williams (1883 – 1963) was a paediatrician, and a poet who did much to promote the development of modern poetry in America. Read more

25 Sep 2020

Susannah Books, Movies, Newsletter, Talks 2 Comments Permalink

Talks by Zoom

Susannah 25 September 2020 2 Comments

The Author, the Book and the Movie

Is the movie ever as good as the book? How do you compare a 2-hour film, with a more extended TV adaptation of a beloved novel? Read more

01 Sep 2020

Susannah Newsletter, tours 1 Comment Permalink

Literary Travel – Top Ten in France

Susannah 1 September 2020 1 Comment

No country has won as many Nobel Prizes for Literature as has France – 15 in total. The first winner ever was Frenchman Sully Prudhomme (barely heard of today), Read more

01 Sep 2020

Susannah Newsletter 47 Comments Permalink

Are you a Grammar Nazi?

Susannah 1 September 2020 47 Comments

Are you a Grammar Nazi? Do you stress over misplaced apostrophes? Read more

01 Sep 2020

Susannah Jane Austen, Newsletter, videos No Comments Permalink

Saving Jane Austen’s House

Susannah 1 September 2020 No Comments

“Let me introduce you to a heroine. Her name was Dorothy Gwynnyd Darnell. It is thanks to this remarkable woman that we can today visit the Jane Austen House Museum in Chawton.”