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No. 101: September / October 2019

Sexing up Sanditon
An exclusive look behind the scenes as Andrew Davies adapts Jane's unfinished novel
American Janeites celebrate their 40th anniversary
Plus members of JASNA prepare to gather in Colonial Williamsburg
Scandal of the stolen stones
How the Elgin Marbles and Rosetta Stone came to be in London
Divorce was difficult in Austen's day
Injured and abandoned wives had little recourse to the law
Regency cross-dressing
Swapping roles, from Shakespeare to the opera
Austen's French music
Does Jane's collection show some revolutionary sympathies?

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

One hundred issues of Jane Austen's Regency World
Celebrating with 100 reasons to love Jane Austen
Ten days of Jane in Bath
Previewing this year's Jane Austen Festival
If walls could talk
Jane would have known the stunning Devonshire House
New: Regency heroine
Meet Dorothy Jordan
Love had to wait
Matthew Flinders put adventure before romance
Placed in cold storage
Ice houses were the precursor of the modern refrigerator

Jane Austen's House Museum at 70
Celebrations as the museum reaches a milestone
Hymns Jane would have known
The Wesley family and Christian worship
Meat-free in Regency Britain
Byron and Shelley championed vegetarianism
Music and massacre
A thrilling new novel set at the time of Peterloo
New: extracts from Jane's prayers
Rachel Dodge provides a regular commentary
The doctor's hidden secret
One woman's solution to the male-dominated world

Princess Charlotte’s wedding
Excitement as the heir to the throne marries her German prince
Jane Austen’s prayers
Understanding the author's faith
There goes the neighbourhood
The Prince Regent moves into nearby Kempshott
‘Spy Nozzy’ and the fears of foreign espionage
Two of England's finest poets were mistaken for overseas agents
Ghostly goings-on
Exploring the supernatural, the paranormal and the superstitious
Regency Rogue
Eliza Ross, the murderess hanged on the evidence of her own son

Corsets, celluloid and controversies
Exploring the film and television adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels
Trump: how Jane had seen it all before
Comparing the Prince Regent and the President of the US
Thirty years of Austen in Australia
JASA marks a major milestone
Small swords and sabres
Could Mr Bennet have challenged Mr Wickham to a duel?
Jane’s neighbour was the Father of Australia
Arthur Phillip retired to Bath during Austen’s time in the city
A peek between the covers
Fashion magazines of Austen’s day
Fear and food riots
As the Prince Regent partied, his subjects in the north faced starvation

Christmas with Jane Austen’s family
Celebrating the festive season in a truly Georgian style
Love, lies and elopement
Escaping to Gretna Green in a hurry was not uncommon
‘We will have a pianoforte’
Jane’s delight at her family’s new keyboard instrument
Massacre at Manchester
Mike Leigh’s new film Peterloo is coming out soon
Ship, ship, hooray!
Who you know mattered in the Regency-era Royal Navy
Which witch is which?
Cunning folk, druids and pagans were never far away
‘Pretty little TunbridgeWare’
Wooden souvenirs that delighted the Austen family

Gainsborough and the theatre
A stunning new exhibition at the Holburne Musuem, Bath
Austen’s cradle of genius
Archaeologists have made some stunning finds at Steventon
Marrying his mistress
Elizabeth Armistead became the companion of a top politician
Jane and the archbishop
The trail of Austen literarcy criticism leads to an Irish cathedral
Art and exploration
The Royal Academy of Arts and Captain Cook’s travels
Wentworth’s prize money
How does Persuasion’s hero compare with Austen’s brothers?
Fathers and daughters
The Burneys, the Mitfords and the Austens

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