LAST night I dreamed I went back to Manderlay again". . .That sentence introduces one of the most popular novels ever written in Cornwall. The work of local authoress Daphne du Maurier, "Rebecca" ...

"Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again." That's the immortal opening sentence of Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier's 1938 masterpiece. How often have I been lured in to both the novel and the 1940 ...

Daphne du Maurier may have been born in London, but the British author lost her heart to Cornwall’s rugged beauty and haunting atmosphere. This deep and lifelong connection led her to draw heavily on ...

Daphne du Maurier was the author of well known novels such as 'Jamaica Inn', 'Frenchman's Creek' and 'Rebecca'. Her work was inspired by her love of Cornwall but one of her homes, 'Menabilly' near ...

2013 sees a fresh look to one of Cornwall's much loved festivals. The Fowey Festival of Words and Music is the new name for Cornwall's most popular festival of arts and entertainment, formerly The du ...

She went on looking at me, watching my eyes. “Do you think she can see us, talking to one another now?” she said slowly. “Do you think the dead come back and watch the living?” On a recent dark ...

Joan Passey works for the University of Bristol and her PhD was funded by the AHRC South, West, and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership. Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel Rebecca ...