The British actor tells Esquire about playing Human Torch in Marvel Studios' summer blockbuster before bringing his firepower ...

Whether you have great expectations or are keen to be far from the madding crowd, the UK’s literary calendar has something for every kind of book lover ...

The two endings represent the twin poles of Dickens’ persona, the realist and the optimist, the artist and the showman. “In the end, Dickens felt [the original version] was too bitter for a pu ...

Ellen "Nelly" Ternan, in 1870, was a figure lost to history. Charles Dickens Museum In 1953, when future biographer Claire Tomalin was studying English literature at Cambridge, she came across ...

As the standard-bearer of a new "realism," which he defined as the representation of familiar things as they are, he would become one of the most innovative and influential painters of mid-19th ...

A new three-part BBC documentary does an absorbing job of demonstrating how intermingled were her life and work: a widowed ...

It’s a group arguably more inclined than their immediate elders to take the mantle of 88-year-old Ken Loach, still by some margin British cinema’s preeminent name in social-realist protest cinema.

Mirza Gadim Iravani was praised for harmoniously blending the rich traditions of classical Eastern miniature and folk art with the achievements of European realism, thus forging a unique and original ...

Cannes: In his debut feature, executive-produced by Eric Roth and Marielle Heller, Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi wisely prioritizes character and story, letting the brutal dictatorship speak louder ...

Charles Dickens was a terrific walker. Many nights he roved the streets of London with such insomniac vigor that he might still be striding along as dawn broke in the great skies overhead.

There is something about English authors that makes them special — their creations are timeless. The renowned Charles Dickens is perhaps one of the biggest examples in a galaxy of luminaries from ...

Charles Dickens was one of the most prominent English writers of the 19th century, publishing iconic works like Great Expectations and Oliver Twist. Now, fans have a chance to own one of the desks ...