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In Rhys's case, however, it wasn't a fair that won him an opening but Detica's sponsorship of a departmental Christmas dinner at Imperial.

Graduate jobs: The door's still open Nic Paton 2010

OK, sure, I loved Mrs Dalloway, but every novelist has loved any number of books, and few of them have felt the need to write new books about the older ones the only exception that comes to mind is Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea, which is, of course, a retelling of Jane Eyre from the point of view of Bertha, Mr Rochester's first wife.

Virginia Woolf, my mother and me 2011

The Brontë sisters, too, have their ardent supporters—Charlotte Brontë's 1847 classic, "Jane Eyre," alone has inspired a bevy of homages, including Jean Rhys's "Wide Sargasso Sea" (1966), Jasper Fforde's "The Eyre Affair" (2001) and of course the obligatory horror spinoff, "Jane Slayre" (2010).

Jane MacEyre? Updating an Orphan-to-Nanny Classic Sam Sacks 2012

As for Mr. Rhys's performance, it's flat-out phenomenal.

Still Angry After All These Years Terry Teachout 2012

OK, sure, I loved Mrs Dalloway, but every novelist has loved any number of books, and few of them have felt the need to write new books about the older ones the only exception that comes to mind is Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea, which is, of course, a retelling of Jane Eyre from the point of view of Bertha, Mr Rochester's first wife.

Virginia Woolf, my mother and me 2011

There is a neat contrast in the relationships - Gwen/Rhys, married over a year now; Jack/Ianto, still at the frenetic fumbling stage; and also Rhys's friend Matt whose stag night provides the catalyst for the story as a whole.

July Books 1) Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck nwhyte 2009

In my mind I was doing a parody of myself, but in my drunkenness it looked like genuine anger and that I was implying the audience was stupid for enjoying Rhys's act.

My greatest mistake: Richard Herring Graham Snowdon 2010

Babylon Wales blogs about Gruff Rhys's anti-art protest on the steps of the National Museum in the 1990s.

Cardiff today – Big Little City launch, full council and creatives meet-up 2011

The subject of Rhys's quest here is René Griffiths, an obscure 1960s pop star who sang Welsh ballads in the style of an Argentinian cowboy.

Separado! 2010

As those within the enclave emerged into the green track without, Owain's officers from the encampment fell into neat order about them, lining either flank, and Cadfael observed with interest but without surprise that there were archers among them, and two keeping their station a few yards behind Bledri ap Rhys's left shoulder.

His Disposition 2010