The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World
What does the word "library" evoke in your mind? The smell of old books? Dusty shelves? A sense of peace and tranquility? Or something completely d...
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Playing Piano with the Great-Great-Granddaughter of Fanny Knight
Back in 2009, Gwen Bevan, the great-great-granddaughter of Jane Austen's niece, Fanny Knight composed a dozen piano pieces, each reflecting a diffe...
Read morePictures from the Jane Austen Festival 2019
All across Bath, bonnets have been sewn, dresses ironed and buckles polished, as we've welcomed visitors new and old to this year's Jane Austen Fes...
Read moreSanditon Celebrated With a 12 Metre Painted Mural
ITV's Sanditon, the dramatisation of Austen's unfinished final novel, was highly anticipated, but to generate extra buzz for its launch, ITV came...
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Where is Sanditon filmed?
Regardless of your opinion on ITV's adaptation of Sanditon, it's hard to deny the beauty of the English vistas featured by Andrew Davies. Sanditon ...
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Sanditon - A review from our Jane Austen Book Club
A Review of Sanditon by Jane Austen by Jane Austen Book Club reviewer, Susannah Lawford Buy this book here! First impress...
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Pemberley in Peril - Lyme Park Flooded
Lyme Park in Cheshire, the location which was used as Mr Darcy's Pemberley in the iconic 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice, has had to b...
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The Jane Austen Turquoise Ring - The History
The Jane Austen Turquoise Ring There are only three referenced pieces of jewellery which we know belonged to and were worn by Jane Austen. Few ment...
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A Brief Programme of Upcoming Jane Austen Theatre
We thought our fellow Austen fans might like to know about a couple of Jane Austen theatre events which we've found out are happening soon. The ...
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A Very Special Visit to The Jane Austen Centre
Visitors come to the Jane Austen Centre in Bath for many reasons. Some come as part of a tour they are doing of Jane Austen locations across the UK...
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An Open Air Jane Austen Performance
If you'll be in Bath in the later half of July this year (and hopefully coming to visit the Jane Austen Centre!), then you might like to know that ...
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How To Start A Book Club
We came across a wonderful article this week, which we thought readers of the Jane Austen News might like to read. It was an article all about sett...
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The Lost Art of Love Letters
The Lost Art of Love Letters American author Kevin Symmons who is worried that in this age of Facebook and Twitter we're not writing enough love...
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