a ‘bog burst from Charlotte’s seething substratum’. But while these moments mar Shirley, they do allow Brontë to say things she urgently wanted to say – about feminism, literature, disappointment – in ...

Six years after playing Mr Darcy in the BBC's adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, Colin portrayed a modern version of the brooding character in Bridget Jones. While he reprised his role in the second and ...