Mr Darcy, the brooding landowner who, after a series of misunderstandings, seduces the spirited Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, is one of fiction’s favourite romantic heroes. This week, a rare miniature portrait of the man who some believe may have provided the inspiration for him is going on sale.
One of only two [...]

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I’m trying to think of all the conditions under which you shouldn’t watch Channel 4’s adaptation of the acclaimed written-by-a- former-mental-patient novel, Poppy Shakespeare. It’s quite a long list.
You wouldn’t want to watch it if you are feeling depressed, for instance. With a drama that oscillates between uneasy, nausea-green NHS corridors and what will almost [...]

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Cranberrian Fair
TODAY-SUN Bog tours, food sampling, entertainment, vendors with handmade items and locally produced cranberry products and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today-Sunday, Ilwaco Heritage Museum, 115 S.E. Lake St., Ilwaco; Cranberrian Fair buttons are $5 each and cover admission to the Ilwaco Heritage Museum, Cranberry Museum, Cranberry Trolley and [...]

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Dates and times are subject to change.
FAIRS/FESTIVALS
Cranberrian Fair
TODAY-SUN Bog tours, food sampling, entertainment, vendors with handmade items and locally produced cranberry products and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today-Sunday, Ilwaco Heritage Museum, 115 S.E. Lake St., Ilwaco; Cranberrian Fair buttons are $5 each and cover admission to the Ilwaco Heritage Museum, Cranberry Museum, Cranberry Trolley and [...]

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“Becoming Jane” plays like a Jane Austen novel starring Jane Austen %26#8212; and what could be more arthouse friendly than that? Director Julian Jarrold, working from a screenplay by Sarah Williams and Kevin Hood based loosely on events in Austen’s life, crafts a delightfully pretty picture, filled with charming manners and elegant blue-gray light. It’s [...]

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