Jane Austen and the Battle of Waterloo
The 18th of June 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, a key turning point in Britain’s history which marked the end...
Posted: June 18th 2015
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Where Mrs Smith Bathed.....
…and other hotspots on the Jane Austen’s Bath walking tour.
Posted: May 18th 2015
Jane Austen’s Church
A little way from Basingstoke lies the North Hampshire village of Steventon. The picturesque lanes leading there certainly provide a suitable eighteenth-century atmosphere,...
Posted: May 18th 2015
Portrait of an Era: the Georgian Cost of Living
For many of us, the novels of Jane Austen have probably been instrumental in the shaping of our sense of the Georgian period....
Posted: May 18th 2015
Jane Austen and the Prince Regent
Whether or not you are aware of Jane Austen’s opinion of the Prince Regent, later to become King George IV, this dedication is...
Posted: May 18th 2015
Libraries and the Nineteenth-Century Novel
On our Jane Austen walking tour in Bath, our guide pointed out to us the faded words on the corner of Grove Street...
Posted: May 18th 2015
A Cinderella Story
If a Georgian went ‘to the play’, they never meant to just a single one: an evening at the theatre included, besides the...
Posted: May 18th 2015
The Regency Silhouette
One significant appeal of the endless film and TV adaptations of Jane Austen’s work is, let’s face it, the costume. For many of...
Posted: May 18th 2015
Politics and Jane Austen, part I: ‘There must be murder’
It is easy to forget, as we lose ourselves in the small-scale world of country dances at Netherfield, strawberry-picking at Donwell, and retrenchments...
Posted: May 18th 2015
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