This week's throwdown offers the least pleasing images we have ever chosen for this blog, but for a good reason. The three scenes repres...

The cast of The Chaser's War on Everything , a satirical Australian t.v. show will mock, anything, even our Mr. Darcy. This time they as...

Mr. Darcy's popularity is such that our little throwdown poll this week went viral. Several avid supporters voted repeatedly for their f...

Inquiring Reader, The Jane Austen Character Throwdown will take on a more peripheral role as we explore Jane Austen movie and television ada...

Netherfield Ball! Who can forget Mr. Darcy's silence? Lizzy's teasing? Mr. Collins' clumsiness? Mary's excrutiating turn at ...

When I wrote the previous column it was out of respect for Mr. Macfadyen's reputation. He was being so resoundingly walloped, that I tho...

Update: Battle won? Not at all. The Macfadyen fans have rallied, and their hero has caught up with Colin Firth and passed him. We could con...

Can't get enough of Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy? This YouTube video is generous with its screen shots of him. Mmm. I hadn't liked...