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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

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

Previous Issues

No. 134: March / April 2025

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No. 134: March / April 2025

  • Cover Story: Queen of Tears
    Princess Caroline Matilda, sister of George III
  • Painter of Light
    The artist J M W Turner
  • Hot-Pressed Paper
    Early papermaking machinery
  • Party, party, party
    Simple ways to celebrate Austen 250
  • The practical clergy wife
    Charlotte Lucas from Pride & Prejudice
  • Travel in Regency England
    The practicalities of getting around

No. 133: January / February 2025

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No. 133: January / February 2025

  • Cover Story: Artist of men of genius
    Sir Thomas Phillips RA
  • A Labour of Love
    Charles Lamb's life, sister and writing
  • Felicities of rapid motion
    Birth of steam locomotives
  • Celebrating Austen at 250
    How to survive in 2025
  • American patriot in Bath
    Senator William Bingham
  • Codes of conduct
    Georgian guides to etiquette

No. 132: November / December 2024

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No. 132: November / December 2024

  • Cover Story: Revisiting Jane Bennet
    Susannah Harker and Pride & Prejudice
  • Tawdry and beautiful
    Regency artist Sir Thomas Lawrence
  • As poor as a stockinger
    Working from home is nothing new
  • The obsequious clergyman
    Foolish, yes - but is Mr Collins good?
  • A reading revolution
    The rise of the circulating library
  • Austen on screen
    How Lady Susan became Love and Friendship

No. 131: September / October 2024

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No. 131: September / October 2024

  • Cover Story: Despicable Lucy
    Is she as bad as we think?
  • Elections Regency style
    How the voting system has changed
  • Must we buy lace?
    From labour-intensive to machine-made
  • Elderly and poor clergy
    Dr Shirley and Charles Hayter of Persuasion
  • House hunting in Bath
    Trials and tribulations of finding a home
  • Potosi to Pemberley
    Students discover Pride and Prejudice

No. 130: July / August 2024

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No. 130: July / August 2024

  • Cover Story: Invasive Security
    Interest in the Royal family is not new
  • Forging a new era
    An introduction to cast iron
  • The Gluttonous Clergyman
    Dr Grant of Mansfield Park
  • Jane Austen's Travels
    Exploring England in her footsteps
  • Narcissistic Men
    Did Wickham and Willoughby have NPD?
  • Jane Austen Festival
    Preview of the 2024 celebrations

No. 129: May / June 2024

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No. 129: May / June 2024

  • Cover Story: Austen on Screen
    Pride & Prejudice 1995
  • Stoneleigh Abbey
    Similarities with Mansfield Park?
  • Chemist, Lecturer, Poet
    The multi-talented Sir Humphry Davy
  • The Allen Gallery, Alton
    Ceramics collection tells its own story
  • The Earnest Clergyman
    Edmund Bertram from Mansfield Park
  • Anyone for Earl Grey?
    Not Jane Austen's cuppa
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