Growing up Austen: a Pride and Prejudice kid wishes the great novel a happy 200th birthday.

I can’t recall a time in my life when I didn’t know about Pride and Prejudice. This was entirely thanks to my Mom, an Austen junkie if ever there was one, who was hopelessly addicted to the immortal 1995 BBC adaptation and made it a feature of every holiday and long weekend without fail. I…

Kick Ass: Elizabeth Bennet

Kick ass is a new series of stuff I’m going to be writing in praise of people from TV who, well, kick ass, from BBC to HBO and everyone in between. I will start with a classic. Name: Elizabeth Bennet Show: Pride and Prejudice (1995, BBC) Played by: Jennifer Ehle Elizabeth Bennet is the heroine…