Bookshop assistant/plain reader

In the UK, Express has an article titled 'I used to work in a bookshop — these 8 films and series are way better than the books' while in the US edition of The Mirror the exact same articled with the bookshop comments taken out is titled 'I read every day but these 8 films and TV series are way better than the books'. Anyway, Wuthering Heights 2009 is better than the book (!) for this former bookshop assistant/plain reader.

6. Wuthering Heights, 2009 (Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, 1847)

I actually love Wuthering Heights. I read it for the first time when I was 16 and very quickly discovered I was an old romantic. The relationship between Cathy and Heathcliff is a passionate yet destructive one, with the characters' obsession with one another ultimately leading to their downfall.

While the book is brilliant, there is a fantastic adaptation with an all-star cast featuring Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley as Heathcliff and Cathy, Andrew Lincoln as Edgar Linton, Kevin McNally as Mr Earnshaw and Sarah Lancashire as Nelly Dean.

The two-part mini series aired in 2009 and was adapted for the screen by Peter Bowker and directed by Coky Giedroyc.

The chemistry between Hardy and Riley as Heathcliff and Cathy is palpable with Hardy playing the brooding, wild-eyed Heathcliff perfectly.

The series has received an 84% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes with many viewers praising Hardy's acting. One person wrote: "One of Tom Hardy's best roles. He nails Heathcliff."

Another wrote: "Tom Hardy is such a gifted actor. His performance is utterly beautiful in this film. He and his real-life wife, Charlotte Riley, have such great chemistry." (Millie Bull)

Great British Life takes a look at some of the 'Jane Austen-inspired events in Derbyshire in summer 2025' including one connected to Charlotte Brontë too.

Stanage Edge: Austen and Bronte Guided Walk

Join Peak Walking as they celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth with a guided walk along Stanage Edge. The six-mile route will take in the stunning gritstone escarpment where Keira Knightley surveyed the wild moorland landscape as Lizzie Bennet in the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. The walk also passes Thornfield Hall, associated with Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece, Jane Eyre. This is set to be a wonderful half-day walk with exceptional views and rich literary history. Considered an easier route, perfect for new and experienced hill walkers.

June 12-13.

£35, peakwalking.com (Beth Windsor)

Yesterday was The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever in Edinburgh, and Edinburgh Evening News tells all about it.