Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit story originated in African folktales, expert argues
The unacknowledged debt Potter owed to the Brer Rabbit stories told by enslaved Africans deserves to be recognised, says scholar
Lucy Knight
19, May, 2023 @11:21 AM
Olivia Laing: ‘I’m sorry, but Jane Eyre is a horrendous little hysteric’
The British writer on discovering Barthes, channelling Burroughs and appreciating the talents of Patricia Highsmith’s Mr Ripley
Olivia Laing
25, Feb, 2022 @10:00 AM
Cosmic Stonehenge secrets, Ai Weiwei looks back, and gay sex 11,000 years ago – the week in art
The British Museum introduces Europe’s earliest ancestors, the activist artist sits his work next to Chinese antiquities and LGBT+ history month begins with the deep human past – all in your weekly dispatch
Jonathan Jones
11, Feb, 2022 @11:15 AM
Peter Rabbit 2: the Runaway review – amusingly self-aware sequel
Our vegetable-stealing hero appears to be in on the joke in this at times thoroughly inventive follow-up
Wendy Ide
23, May, 2021 @10:00 AM
Peter Rabbit 2 review – James Corden’s unfunny bunny scampers back
Voiced by Corden, Peter tumbles into a life of crime in a part-animated caper that’s occasionally cute but mostly bland
Peter Bradshaw
17, May, 2021 @4:00 PM
Playwright Mark Ravenhill: why I took up ballet after my mum died
He tried dance to cope with grief – and found himself in a class with ‘25 mostly retired ladies’. It all fed into a new play, about his mother, his childhood and his obsession with Jemima Puddle-Duck
Chris Wiegand
13, Jan, 2021 @6:00 AM
The week in TV: Bridgerton; Motherland; Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse and more
Netflix’s new costume drama was wonderfully preposterous – plus, when the father of Matilda met the mother of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle
Barbara Ellen
27, Dec, 2020 @9:30 AM
Comic capers in Bologna, magic mushrooms and farewell to the fridge | Rachel Cooke
Continuing our new series, our writer reflects on the beauty and intelligence of graphic novels
Rachel Cooke
23, Feb, 2020 @7:14 AM
The Tailor of Gloucester review – tabby triumphs in custom-made show
Brightly designed, this jaunty version of Beatrix Potter’s seasonal tale boasts a scene-stealing Simpkin the cat
Chris Wiegand
10, Dec, 2019 @6:24 PM
Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top house, the Lakes: ‘It feels like a game of Potter I-spy’ – review
Delve into the world of natural wonders that inspired the author and explore her home on a Lake District family day out
Claire Potter
01, Jun, 2018 @9:00 AM
Peter Rabbit review – unfunny bunny
James Corden and co bring nothing to the carrot patch in this crass take on the Beatrix Potter classic
Simran Hans
18, Mar, 2018 @7:50 AM
Peter Rabbit review – in a hole with James Corden's unfunny bunny
This attempt to turn Beatrix Potter’s creation into a sassy, low-grade British Bugs – voiced by Corden – is cynical and tiresome
Peter Bradshaw
15, Mar, 2018 @6:00 AM
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