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Everyday Enlightenment, by His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa

Enlightenment is the easiest thing in the world – if you put others first

Close-up of woman wearing boxing gloves

Bride Wars (2009) explained: weddings, weaklings and girl power

Is Bride Wars a feminist film or a fail complication?

Aerial view of two boats on a wide body of water.

An introduction to Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys

The tempestuous backstory for Jane Eyre written into Wide Sargasso Sea

Black-and-white close-up of a stack of folded money.

Success, by Martin Amis | 60-second review

Success looks an awful lot like failure in Martin Amis’s 1978 novel

Venice canal at night.

Don’t Look Now: of human nature and hauntings | Book review

Famous on the big screen, but how do du Maurier’s original stories compare?

Time lapse photography of star trails in the night sky.

The Breakthrough, by Daphne du Maurier | 60-second review

Du Maurier’s The Breakthrough puts the ghost in the machine