The Monty Python sketch of Thomas Hardy writing “The Return of the Native” takes place inside a packed soccer stadium with an announcer providing play-by-play analysis of the author’s ...

Briefing notes for the head of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency reveal how it's working "in lock step" with the fossil ...

The porch at Thomas Hardy's cottage is set to be taken down and rebuilt to its original design. The timber and felt porch at the National Trust property in Higher Bockhampton in Dorset has been ...

A building where the author Thomas Hardy trained as an architect has been left a charred wreck after a fire. The blaze on Dorchester's South Street swept through The Gorge Cafe and spread to the ...

I’m sure (as in: I’m not sure) that there is a film in which Laurel or Hardy or Buster or Harpo rides a horse backwards, isn’t there, maybe after ...

...Exclusion And Tragedy. The life story of the Tess of the d'Urbervilles author, examining the hardships that fuelled his transformation into one of the most celebrated poets.

Biographer Paula Byrne will deliver a lecture on Thomas Hardy, focusing on the women who influenced his life on Friday, May 30. The talk, titled 'Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses' will ...

The National Trust is inviting people to Max Gate this Easter holiday. Visitors can explore the house designed and built by Thomas Hardy through daily guided tours. The tours, led by expert volunteers ...

"To find beauty in ugliness is the province of the poet. The most beautiful defeat of my career." Acclaimed English novelist ...