February, 2026 has given us the full Bronte with two retellings of Wuthering Heights. Kate Griffin, the author of several Gothic novels and lover of films set in the Victorian era, is the ideal person to review both the new film reimagining of Emily’s Bronte’s story and Essie Fox’s reframing in her novel, Catherine. There’s […]
The curious allure of Miss Mary Bennet
Poor Mary Bennet. The plain, bookish one in Pride and Prejudice, delighting us long enough. But, as Alice McVeigh reflects, the many reimaginings of Mary’s story demonstrate the curious allure she holds for so many of us. The late, great Hilary Mantel was already scribbling her own Mary Bennet novel when she died. Janice Hadlow’s […]