Molly Gorman
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'The 21st-Century gym-toned bodies put me out': Four things Jane Austen adaptations get wrong - according to experts (opens the original)
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A new film adaptation of the English novelist's Sense and Sensibility adds to a long line of attempts to translate Austen's timeless stories to the screen. But these are their common mistakes. Jane Austen's timeless novels are always being re-adapted. And there are two more major adaptations coming this year: Georgia Oakley's film version of Sense and Sensibility and a new TV series of Pride and Prejudice. They add to a long line of attempts to translate the works of the beloved 19th-Century aut
'You're fully accepted': Being nude in public can make us feel better about our bodies (opens the original)
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Research suggests that naturism, the practice of non-sexual social nudity, can help people improve their body image. Naturists and experts tell the BBC how it works. Helen Berriman believes she would have had a "much better understanding" of her body had she discovered naturism, the practice of non-sexual social nudity, earlier in her life. In the summer of 2020, Berriman bought herself a bikini to wear during a heatwave. She hadn't worn one in 20 years, having struggled with body dysmorphia (a
Retracing the defiant walk that changed Britain (opens the original)
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Seventy-five years after the Peak District became Britain's first national park, visitors can retrace the mass trespass that helped open the countryside to everyone. I am 636m (2,087ft) above sea level at the blustery plateau of Kinder Scout, the highest point of England's Peak District. The faint Manchester skyline is hazy in the distance, sitting behind the Dark Peak's stretches of barren moorland and its scattered, tumbling gritstones. This was once the stage of one of the most famous protest
The 'Holy Maid of Kent' who prophesied the death of King Henry VIII (opens the original)
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In the 16th Century, household servant Elizabeth Barton became a celebrated visionary – but when she defied the monarch, she paid the ultimate price with a gruesome end. Was she a charlatan or a brave heroine of the Tudor world? In a small village in Kent, England in 1525, a household servant named Elizabeth Barton fell dangerously ill. In her delirium, she murmured passages from the Bible. Later, she began slipping into seizure-like trances and uttering religious prophecies. Word quickly spread
'They were competing for supremacy': Which is the oldest English accent? (opens the original)
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Two BBC journalists go on a quest to find out whose accent is older – and uncover a dramatic history filled with hidden twists and surprises that have shaped the language we speak today. That means "hi", in my regional dialect. I'm Molly Gorman, a BBC journalist from Derbyshire, a county in the Midlands – a region that is roughly in the middle of England. My colleague William Park grew up in East Anglia, in the south-east of England. Together, we decided to track down the oldest English sounds s
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