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John Heathcoat and the Bobbin-net Machine

The inventor who ushered in the "Muslin and Net Period" of Regency Fashion

19th Century Learning Academies and Boarding Schools

Vic Sanborn reveals the details of Regency Education through an Eyewitness Account

The Fashion of Portrait Miniatures

Cherished Tokens of Regency Love

Changing Tastes in Georgian Jewelry

A look at gems, paste and brooches

Regency Cold Cream: Preserve a Pristine Complexion

"How very ill Eliza Bennet looks this morning, Mr. Darcy,'' she cried; "I never in my life saw any one so much altered as she is since the winter. She is grown so brown and coarse! Louisa and I wer...

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Creating a Straw Bonnet from "Scratch"

The base of the millinery industry

Jane Austen Centre on TV - again

Caroline Smailes at book launch How will it all end? Take a look at this BBC Breakfast news item. Caroline Smailes, has a new novel which offers readers a variety of different endings - 11 in ...

Free Iphone App

The Jane Austen Centre in Bath has been busy working on an Iphone app which will deliver a witty or meaningful quote from Jane Austen's novels or letters to your phone every day.

The Festival starts with a splash!

Wow, what a start. Despite a bit of rain the promenaders turned out in their finery to celebrate the start of the Jane Austen Festival. Click here to go to the full story from the Bath Chronicle.

England's Most Photographed Man

Well he's finally been recognised for what he undoubtedly is, 'England's Most Photographed Man'. How great that Martin Salter the cheery Meeter/Greeter at the Centre is rightly lauded for his work....

Love and Lattes By Mimi Hall

Lately, Laura had taken to flights of fancy that took her far beyond the confines of the coffee shop.  The monotony of her time at ‘The Daily Grind’, coupled with the limited society that her wor...