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Nonsense and sensibility: Adapting Austen for the screen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that not all Jane Austen adaptations are created equal.

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‘Our House’ in the middle of Beaumont Street

'Our House' ultimately becomes not just a story about crime or morality, but about the vulnerability of growing up and the frightening uncertainty of trying to decide who you are.

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Is the dancefloor really dead?

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Testing my patients: ‘The Effect’ at the BT Studio reviewed

Necessarily navigating the difference between ‘side effects’ and reality, the play strikes a fine balance between what one thinks and what one feels.

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Culture

Nonsense and sensibility: Adapting Austen for the screen

‘Our House’ in the middle of Beaumont Street

Is the dancefloor really dead?

Testing my patients: ‘The Effect’ at the BT Studio reviewed

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