Pottery firm Carters of Suffolk - based at Stonham Barns near Debenham - has created a Jane Austen 250th year novelty teapot to mark celebrations.

Born into a wealthy family in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in 1904, Ba Jin — who was born as Li Yaotang — achieved literary acclaim with his debut novella Mie Wang (Destruction), which he published ...