21st Century Brief Encounter

Journalist Alison Jane Reid writes the Disastrously Fabulous column - a frank funny and fearless look at life from the perils and joys of flirting to afternoon bubble baths, tai chi, hot pink lipstick and other decadent pleasures.

Falling in Love at the British Library, a novella by journalist Alison Jane Reid. The story is based on a real-life Brief Encounter and inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Mr Darcy.