I looked at the illustration (above) next to a very favourable review in The Spectator of Soft, a brief history of ...

The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1979 BBC miniseries based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Julian Amyes, and adapted by William Trevor. A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling ...

I looked at the illustration (above) next to a very favourable review in The Spectator of Soft, a brief history of sentimentality by Ferdinand Mount. It was, suitably enough, an engraving of Little ...