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No. 141: May / June 2026

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No. 141: May / June 2026

  • Beauty of bonnets
    Wearing the right head covering
  • Mary Bennet interview
    The Other Bennet Sister
  • My Stuff Gown
    An introduction to worsted
  • Disagreeable connections
    Communication problems are nothing new
  • Alton and Chawton fun
    Preview of Jane Austen Regency Week
  • She sells seashells
    Regency mania for collecting shells
  • War's the pity
    Austen's time was far from tranquil
  • Jane Austen's Will
    Visiting this precious document

Plus news, book reviews, quiz, letters, reports from Austen societies and much much more!

Previous Issues

No. 140: March / April 2026

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No. 140: March / April 2026

  • Marriage and Mansfield Park
    A modern-day divorce lawyer's view
  • Jane Austen and jewellery
    Elegant in its simplicity
  • Wickham's blue coat
    Mechanising woollen production
  • World book night
    How to encourage reading
  • Tearing down the house
    Mary Verney and Claydon House
  • In praise of the potato
    A remark not made by Mr Collins
  • From well to church
    Visiting Steventon, Jane's birthplace

No. 139: January / February 2026

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No. 139: January / February 2026

  • Royal Gardens at Kew
    A green oasis in London
  • Letting off steam
    Introduction to engine-powered ships
  • Reading Austen for hope
    No-one needs to be perfect
  • The spiritual clergy wife
    Fanny Bertram from Mansfield Park
  • Breaches in dance etiquette
    What they signify in Austen's novels
  • Visiting College Street
    Where Jane ended her days in 1817
  • News from the Upper Rooms
    the restoration of Bath Assembly Rooms

No. 138: November / December 2025

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No. 138: November / December 2025

250TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

  • Why is Jane Austen so good?
    Professor John Mullan's explanation
  • Unboxing Deirdre Le Faye
    A very special archive donation to Chawton House 
  • Caroline Jane Knight
    Interview with Jane Austen's fifth-great-niece
  • The amicable clergy wife
    Mrs Grant from Mansfield Park
  • Austen on screen
    Pride & Prejudice 1940
  • Dialogue with death
    Bowen, Mrs Austen's apothecary
  • Pleasant memories
    Celebrating the anniversary

No. 137: September / October 2025

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No. 137: September / October 2025

  • Cover Story: Georgians and cats
    The feline as a pet is a modern concept
  • Poor Leonora
    Publishing links with Jane's aunt
  • The self-centred Clergy Wife
    Mrs Norris from Mansfield Park
  • Of no fixed abode
    Mrs Austen's search for a home
  • Miss Tilney wore white
    The process of bleaching cloth
  • A Jane Austen pilgrimage
    Reminiscences from a self-organised UK tour

No. 136: July / August 2025

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No. 136: July / August 2025

  • Cover Story: Austen on Screen
    The 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice
  • Jane Austen's Southampton
    Its importance in her life and work
  • The Conscientious Clergy Wife
    Elinor Ferrars from Sense & Sensibility
  • Plied and Prejudice
    Review of a very different adaptation
  • William Crotch
    The celebrated musician born in 1775
  • No honey for mead
    How a volcano rocked the Regency world

No. 135: May / June 2025

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No. 135: May / June 2025

  • Cover Story: A Lively Mind
    The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
  • Scramble into a little Education
    Jane goes to Reading, Berkshire
  • Jane Austen Festival in Bath
    Preview of the annual celebrations
  • Nuggets of Joy
    Review of new TV series Miss Austen
  • The Socialising Clergy Wife
    Augusta Elton from Emma
  • Power of the Press
    Mechanical printing with steam
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