Jane Austen Regency World Magazine Issue Details

 Issue 43 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Sex in the City: read how London was built on the wages of sin

• Jane's 'civil rogue': Maggie Lane looks at the work of the publisher John Murray

• When the bubble burst: how the South Sea Bubble affected Jane's generation

• Three Creole ladies: Empress Josephine, Fanny Nisbet and Jane Leigh Perrot

• Figures of Good: comparing Mansfield Park with Iris Murdoch's A Fairly Honourable Defeat

• Prince of Prints: inside Ackermann's Repository

• Plus - test your Austen knowledge with our great new quiz; and all the regular features, including book reviews, My Jane Austen and news from JAS and JASNA

Issue 45 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Bright Star - the story behind Jane Campion's film about John Keats and Fanny Brawne

• Peterloo massacre - what happened when the citizens of Manchester demanded the vote

• Woman to woman - when friendship between two ladies crossed a boundary

• Cracking the Coade - the story of Eleanor Coade and her artificial stone

• Reading aloud - a popular pastime in Jane Austen's era

Issue 46 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Austen or Bronte? - Maggie Sullivan, editrix of AustenBlog.com, discusses media suggestions that 'Bronte is the new Austen'

• The Bath Bugabo (or little green man): Cathryn Spence, from the American Museum in Bath, writes about an eccentric man who terrified ladies in both Bath and Brighton

• Where there's a Will: a look at the final wishes of some of Jane Austen's family

• Only a Grandmother: Maggie Lane talks about Jane's treatment of grandparents in her writing

Issue 47 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• The Latin touch: how Jane's fame is spreading in Brazil

• A very secret diary: Anne Lister's love for a woman has been turned into a film

• A Cornish exile: the life and times of Charles Austen, Jane's seafaring brother

• Jane's best jest: comparing Emma with Mansfield Park

• Required reading: no Georgian gentleman could afford to miss Gentleman's Magazine

Issue 50 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• JARW at Fifty: The Jane Austen community worldwide celebrates the 50th edition of Jane Austen's Regency World

• Sandy Lerner interview: The entrepreneur who rescued Chawton House speaks exclusively about the pleasure and pain of such a significant project

• Regency royal weddings: What Prince William and Kate Middleton can learn from Georgian nuptials

• Home comforts: Maggie Lane on how Jane Austen's books show how ideas about the home were changing.

• Clerical fathers: Contrasting the lives of George Austen and Patrick Bronte

Issue 51 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Americans in Bath: Celebrating 50 years of the American Museum in Britain

• Battle wounds and bedlam: Living with illness in Georgian times

• Loitering with James: Maggie Lane asks if Jane Austen helped her brother with his periodical,The Loiterer

• Amanda Vickery interview: Meet the academic who has brought the Georgians to life on TV

• Correspondence culture: Kelly M McDonald on the art of letter writing

Issue 52 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Preview of the Jane Austen Festival taking place in Bath in September

• Painting a play: Somerset Maugham's fantastic collection of Georgian theatrical paintings is safe

• Jane's forgotten brother: what became of George Austen?

• How the seaside is depicted in Jane Austen's novels

• The day rioters attacked the Lunar Society of Birmingham

• How did Cassandra Austen handle her sister's legacy, and how will ours be handled when we are gone?

Issue 53 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Jane Austen and Kate Middleton: how they are related

• Stetsons for JASNA as members prepare to gather in Texas

• Gorgeous Gainsborough: a new exhibition of the portraitist's landscapes

• Dealing with illness and death in the Regency era

• How Jane Austen uses characters overhearing conversations as a literary device

• The bird man of Lyme Regis and his incredible drawings.

Issue 54 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Andrew Davies reveals to the JASNA conference how he 'sexed-up' Pride & Prejudice

• A new series of Garrow's Law, the Georgian courtroom drama, hits the TV screens

• The Night Before Christmas: seasonal writing from 1800s America

• Stunning pictures from the Jane Austen Festival in Bath

• Do the men in Sense & Sensibility disappoint, asks Maggie Lane

• Take a new look at the events that led to the start of the Regency

Issue 55 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• The renowned crime author P. D. James talks about her love of Austen and her new Pride & Prejudice sequel

• The dangers of pregnancy and childbirth in Georgian times

• Maggie Lane looks at how Jane Austen depicted wintry weather in her books

• The other novelist Jane: Jane Porter, and her sister Anna-Maria

• Face to face with Jane's writing: a look at one of Jane's letters to Cassandra

• Forget Northanger Abbey - welcome to Nightmare Abbey

Issue 58 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• A Royal Affair: a new film depicts the scandal that rocked a European monarchy

• Olympic Jane: as the London 2012 Games open, we look at the sports that Jane might have played

• Bath Jane Austen Festival: an exclusive preview of the fun planned for September

• Stand and deliver! the terror of highwaymen that threatened Jane's friends and family

• Gothic horror: how Jane Austen satirised the latest literary fashion

• Plus all the latest news from the world of Jane Austen, your letters, round-ups from the Jane Austen Society of the UK and the Jane Austen Society of North America, book reviews and quiz

Issue 62 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Austentatious: the theatre group that is improvising Austen themes

• What Jane did next: life at Chawton Cottage after the publication of Pride & Prejudice

• Secrets of a happy marriage: the Leigh-Perrots were a devoted couple 

• Portraits of perfection: miniature paintings were fashionable in Georgian drawing rooms

• Lonely as a cloud: the life of William Wordsworth, Jane’s contemporary

• Plus News, Letters, Book Reviews and information from Jane Austen Societies in the US, UK and Australia

Issue 63 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Are You Ready for Love? Take our Darcy courtship test

• Open-Air Pride and Prejudice: The new Regent's Park Production

• Regency Rogues: Georgian villians exposed

Issue 64 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Austenland: we speak to Jerusha Hess about her new film depicting one woman's amazing hunt for her Mr Darcy

• Our exclusive preview of this year's Jane Austen Festival in Bath

• The Countess of Jersey, serial adultress and debauchee is this issue's Regency Rogue

• Letters from Jane: a look at Austen's correspondence

• Plump cheeks and thick ankles: how Jane Austen used appearance to size up her characters

• A social reformer and a place called Harmony: the tale of Robert Owen

Issue 65 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• A preview of the Jane Austen Society of North America's AGM in Minneapolis at the end of September

• The puppetteers who are bringing Northanger Abbey to life

• Welcome Prince George - a very Austen name for the new royal baby

• A peek at day-to-day life in Jane Austen's England

• Reporting on the Battle of Trafalgar - plus Nelson's funeral

• The Georgian outdoor swimming pool in need of restoration

• Remembering Fanny Burney and her sister, Sarah Harriet

Issue 67 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Celebrating the bicentenary of the publication of Mansfield Park

• How Jane Austen’s third novel tackled the issue of slavery

• Sympathy and advice for Mary Crawford

• The scandal of being caught up in a breach of promise of marriage case

• Why Jane Austen preferred the Navy over the Army

• Introducing the Jane Austen Club of Moscow

Issue 68 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• William Beckford, the remarkable author and architect who led a somewhat sordid life

• Joanna Trollope on her rewriting of Sense & Sensibility for HarperCollins’s Austen Project

• Mary Russell Mitford, the writer who sought to emulate Jane Austen

• How Jane Austen supported her fellow writers by subscribing to their books

• The story of Julie Klassen, marketing assistant turned best-selling Regency romance novelist

• … as well as the latest News, Letters, our astonishing Regency Rogue, Austen quiz, news from Austen societies around the world and book reviews

Issue 78 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Preparing for 2017 at Chawton Mary Guyatt’s vision for Jane Austen’s House Museum

• Forty and fabulous Jane had to much to celebrate by the time of her 40th birthday

• Lottery hopes Entering the draw offered huge winnings for a few, but others were less successful

• Chamber pots and privies The bathroom and hygiene habits of our Georgian forebears

• Spies at work Who was watching your every move in Regency Britain?

• Seasonal presents Festive gift ideas for the Jane Austen fan in your life

• News from Austen societies in the UK, the US and Australia

Issue 92 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine 

• Hamilton, the musical Jane Austen’s US contemporary is a stage hit

• At the Court of St James What did Sir William Lucas mean by ‘dancing at court’?

• Jane visits the museum The weird, wonderful and obscure exhibits that were on display

• Monkey puzzle The shipwreck and the monkey: was it all that it seemed?

• Austen’s landscapes Exploring how Capability Brown and Humphry Repton informed the novels

• Why did Jane never marry? One writer has come up with his own theory

• Aunt Jane’s advice Letters to a favourite niece show how much she cared

Issue 93 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Man and machine Were the Luddites friend or foe?

• Jane Austen’s children Young people are never far away, whether in life or in the novels

• Women on the gallows Terrifying tales of Georgian ladies condemned to hang

• Fun by the seaside The Royal Pavilion in Brighton is a symbol of decadence

• Spreading the faith Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, and her role in the expansion of Methodism

• Aunt Jane’s advice Letters to a favourite niece show how much she cared

Issue 94 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Flying start Air travel in Jane Austen’s day – including some sky-high romantic adventures

• Staging Persuasion A new adaptation is touring the UK to rave reviews

• Painting for love Thomas Gainsborough’s family portraits will be on display in the UK and the US

• Rioting on the streets of London References to civil unrest can be found in Northanger Abbey

• Janeites are gathering Exclusive previews of the Jane Austen Festival in Bath and the JASNA AGM in Kansas City, Missouri

• Searching for a lost Austen library Can you help to find missing volumes from the Godmersham library?

Issue 102 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Christmas at Pemberley Why is Pride & Prejudice increasingly being treated as a festive tale?

• Inside Mr Darcy's picture gallery The paintings that Elizabeth Bennet might have seen on her visit

• Tribute to Jane Austen's 'beloved friend' Anne Lefroy is remembered in a new biography

• Meet the women of Peterloo Men were not alone in demanding change at Manchester in 1819

• Austen's festive music Yuletide merriment from Jane's own collection

• Regency rogue Henry Fauntleroy, who was convicted of forgery

Issue 103 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine 

• Valentine's surprise Romance in Jane Austen's time

• A nation in mourning The funeral of King George III was an elaborate affair

• Jane and the zodiac Matching Austen's characters with their star signs

• Austen's favourite people Two writers who influenced Jane's work

• 'Rapid and correct' How long did it take Austen to write her books?

• Revolution averted Uncovering the Cato Street conspiracy

Issue 105- Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Belgravia on screen. A new series from the creator of Downton Abbey

• Austen during lockdown. Jane in quarantine, a cholera epidemic and films for isolation

• Gathering of fans. The Jane Austen Summer Program in North Carolina

• Who would hate Austen? We forget that her work was not always appreciated

• Elusive allusions. Hidden meanings in Jane Austen's novels

• Austen is the best medicine. Natalie Jenner introduces her new novel, The Jane Austen Society

Issue 106 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Travelling bridesmaids - Brides and grooms were rarely alone on their wedding night

• Austen after the pandemic. Great plans for Chawton House, and local groups share tips for lockdown
• Playing with yo-yos. The craze that swept through Regency England

• Meet Princess Amelia. The youngest daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte

• The Jane Austen Festival in Bath. Remembering the first 20 years of the festival

• Tartan rebellion. It is 200 years since a group of Scots rose up against their rulers

Issue 107 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Mary had a little hammer - Kate Winslet stars in a new film about a famous fossil hunter

• Cassandra Austen: arsonist or heroine? - Gill Hornby's new book considers the literary reputation of Jane's sister

• Tributes to Deirdre Le Faye, the distinguished Austen biographer died in August aged 86

• Churchill and Chawton - Britain's wartime leader was an admirer of Jane Austen

• Who would join an 'ugly club'? - Plenty of people in Liverpool did just that

• 'My ancestor was executed' - Gyles Brandreth tells of his ancestor's conviction for treason

Issue 108 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Lockdown at Jane Austen's House - House director Lizzie Dunford has a message of hope and inspiration

• Thanksgiving with Jane - Messages of thanks and appreciation can be found throughout the novels

• Beer for breakfast? - What you drank and where you drank it was largely determined by sex and class

• The noble sport of pedestrianism - This fierce trial of stamina was all the rage in Regency England

• Jane in the Bahamas - Clues to Austen's unlikely Caribbean connection

• Finding good society - Playing online Austen games during lockdown

 Issue 109 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• A royalty of princesses - The six daughters of George III

• Austen's first flight - Did Jane witness a hot-air balloon taking off in Bath

• God save the King - Four versions of the National Anthem can be found in Jane's music collection

• Austen and the Ottoman empire - Jane was aware of the Turks, but how aware were they of her?

• Gas lights and locomotives - Remarkable inventions during Austen's lifetime

• Reaching for Jane - Exploring Austen's influence on Georgette Heyer

 Issue 110 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Austen and Bridgerton - Wealth, lust and betrayal in Regency England

• Anna with variations - Jane's niece and a musical jokeChawton in the 1800s - Remarkable photographs of the 'Great House'

• Making sense of the census - Controversy over how to cope with a rising population

• Kitchen ingredients - Exploring the larders, pantries and stoves of Jane's time

• Storming the US Capitol - The day British troops attacked in 1814

 Issue 111 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Seaside fun - Puppets that pack a punch

• London's burning - Fire safety in Jane's day

• Crime, punishment and George III - Plus: an Austen relation sent to the gallows

• Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte? - Our writer admires them both, but sides with Austen

• Mansfield Park and the work ethic - Sir Thomas prepares the Price brothers for employment

• Regency rogue - Mary Ann Clark's career of corruption

 Issue 112 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Festival preview - Janeites prepare for their return to Bath

• Exclusive: the silent Austen film - What happened to plans for a 1917 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice?

• Caught in a tight place - Jane's writing has never been more relevant than in the past year

• Welcome to the ReGINcy - The changing fortunes of this favourite drink

• Meet the resurrection men - With cadavers in short supply, the bodysnatchers had a solution

• Witnesses to Waterloo - First-hand accounts from the famous battle of 1815

 Issue 113 - Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

• Exploring our royal heritage - Bridgerton touches on Queen Charlotte's ancestry

• Exclusive: the novel that foretells Sanditon - Had Austen read The Farmer of Inglewood Forest?

• Jane and Winnie-the-Pooh - AA Milne's touching adaptation of Elizabeth Bennet's story

• Janeites are gathering in the Windy City - Previewing JASNA's annual general meeting in Chicago

• Austen and the castrati - Male singers whose voices soared to great highs

• Hey, big spender - Conspicuous consumption was all the rage in Regency England