In “Hardy Women,” biographer Paula Byrne explores how women — many of them — influenced the author of “Jude the Obscure” and “Tess of the d’Urbervilles.” ...

Tom Hardy (né Edward Thomas Hardy) is an American actor and producer. He made his film debut in 2001's Black Hawk Down. Some of his most notable movies roles include Bronson (2008), Inception ...

On 16th January 1928 the ashes of the poet and writer Thomas Hardy were buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, immediately to the north of the grave of Charles Dickens. But his heart is buried ...

Florence Dugdale wrote that she was "the proud and very happy wife of the greatest living English writer" Newly discovered letters from novelist Thomas Hardy's second wife have offered a glimpse ...

Paula Byrne’s hefty biography, “Hardy Women,” considers the British poet and novelist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) from the standpoint of the strong women who influenced him. The book’s ...

The largest collection of objects ever displayed belonging to the novelist Thomas Hardy have gone on show. Dorset Museum, Poole Museum, the Salisbury Museum, and Wiltshire Museum are each ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Gemma Arterton (James Bond: Quantum Of Solace, St Trinian's) stars as Tess in this lavish four-part adaptation of Thomas Hardy's complex, profound and ...

At the west end of the nave of Westminster Abbey is a monument to Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy. The Admiral is shown in Roman armour reclining on a sarcophagus and at his feet are putto weeping beside an ...