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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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