The Secret Scripture By Sebastian Barry Faber & Faber £16.99, 300 pages FT Bookshop price: £13.59 The last book I gave my father before he died was Sebastian Barry’s majestic novel, A Long Long Way.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sebastian Barry’s The Secret Scripture, about the journal of a mental patient nearing her 100th birthday, was ...

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"Anything you see with love is the truth," a woman named Rose says in the trailer for Jim Sheridan's "The Secret Scripture." But love can also be blinding, as she learns over the course of her tragic ...

"Do you not understand the power you have over men?" An official international trailer has debuted for an indie drama titled The Secret Scripture, a drama that recalls the life of one woman in Ireland ...

It doesn’t take too long for Jim Sheridan’s period romance “The Secret Scripture” to contort itself into a befuddlingly bungled mess. But at the outset, it seems to have everything going for it. It ...

Robbie Collin has been a film critic for 20 years, during which time his reviews have seen him temporarily blacklisted by two major studios, dressed down in front of a Bafta committee and thrown off a ...

Jim Sheridan's film adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name will hit theaters on May 19. “The Secret Scripture” had its world premiere at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival. Now, the film ...

Fiona & Nick talk to Eric Bana about The Secret Scripture and superhero films. Call me By Your Name is also discussed. 4:42 – Eric Bana joins Nick and Fiona to talk about The Secret Scripture, ...

Rose (Vanessa Redgrave) has been living in a mental institution for 50 years. She tells her story to a sympathetic doctor (Eric Bana), recounting her past as a young woman (Rooney Mara) in wartime ...

As a regional mental hospital is due to be shut down, a psychiatrist (Eric Bana) is sent to evaluate a patient (Vanessa Redgrave) who has been resident there for many years. As he interviews her, it's ...

The promise of a long-awaited Jim Sheridan return to his Irish roots on screen, complete with the exciting cast assembled, is enough to pique the interest of many a film fan – as the writer-director’s ...