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Alfred Hitchcock's nature thriller The Birds has one of the most iconic and unsettling ambiguous endings of all time. Why did ...
In Daphne du Maurier’s short story, The Birds (1952), a change in bird behaviour is linked to the impact of technological developments after the second world war. Birds, as the 2022 State of the World ...
In Daphne du Maurier’s short story, “The Birds” (1952), a change in bird behaviour is linked to the impact of technological developments after the second world war. Birds, as the 2022 State ...
Alfred Hitchcock made a name for himself with his films, but one of his best also featured a surprise tie to Disney movies.
Daphne du Maurier Part of the Daphne du Maurier: Double Exposure season on Radio 4, Octavia Bright looks again at her hugely popular books to reveal the enduring qualities and appeal of her writing.
Once dismissed as a mere ‘love story’, Daphne du Maurier’s masterpiece has transfixed generations of readers. Rachel, Daphne du Maurier’s enigmatic, modern heroine, played by Rachel Weisz.
For Daphne du Maurier, the acclaimed author behind films like ‘The Birds’ and ‘Jamaica Inn’, Cornwall's rugged beauty was the ...
Many believed that du Maurier had found her place and voice as an author with Rebecca, which was voted the UK’s favourite book of the past 225 years in a 2017 poll by bookseller WH Smith.
In Daphne du Maurier's short story, The Birds (1952), a change in bird behaviour is linked to the impact of technological developments after the sec ...