Thomas Hardy penned eight beautiful novels that can traverse heartbreak with a rare, intense depth and emotional honesty, ...

In “Hardy Women,” biographer Paula Byrne explores how women — many of them — influenced the author of “Jude the Obscure” and “Tess of the d’Urbervilles.” ...

Right: A portrait of Thomas Hardy by Reginal Grenville from 1923. Courtesy Dorset Museum & Art Gallery/Dorset History Centre. Left: The front of Max Gate, Dorset.

A Neolithic site discovered under author Thomas Hardy’s house has been protected as a scheduled monument. The circular enclosure is almost 100 metres in diameter and is made up of ditches and pits.

A Neolithic site discovered under author Thomas Hardy’s house has been protected as a scheduled monument. The circular enclosure, which is almost 100 metres in diameter, was found under the ...