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No. 141: May / June 2026

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

Ladies on horseback
Riding sidesaddle was the only polite way to appear in public
Meet Diana Shervington
Exclusive interview with the doyenne of Janeites, twice descended from the Austen family
White-washing
The people of colour who lived in Georgian England
Sanditon revisited
Take a trip to modern-day Worthing
A stitch in time
Needlework had a particular role in Jane’s novels
Is this the book that inspired Sense & Sensibility?
Introducing A Gossip’s Story

Persians at Pemberley
Four Iranian students followed in Jane Austen’s footsteps around England in the early 1800s
Mr D’Arcy, tour guide
The army office who escorted our Muslim visitors in Regency London
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Seth Grahame-Smith’s mash-up is set to hit the big screen
Fun at the frost fair
Londoners enjoyed a memorable party when the Thames froze over
A day at the waxworks
Life-like effigies were a popular attraction for the Georgian public
Hair today, gone tomorrow
What your coiffure said about you in Jane Austen’s time

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

Jane Austen, fossil hunter?
An astonishing new theory about the ‘Kelly Clarkson ring’
Cranks, quacks and other healers
Meet the alternative medicine men of Jane Austen’s time
Queen Charlotte in Bath
George III’s consort came to take the waters
Come rain or shine
Jane Austen’s clever use of different weather conditions in Emma
Emma at the movies
Several film-makers have tackled Jane’s fourth novel. How do they compare?
Being lady of the house
How the wives of upper-class men had an important role in society

How one writer fell in love with Emma
The magic of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Charles Austen’s adventures with ladies of the night in Barbados
Fanny Burney’s first-hand account of the aftermath of the battle of Waterloo
Why Jane Austen resonates among the Amish of Pennsylvania
Promise & Promiscuity: Penny Ashton’s popular show is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe
Georgian dolls’ houses on display in Bath and London
Previews of Austen festivals in Bath and Louisville, Kentucky

George IV’s obsession with his pet giraffe
Jane Austen’s use of the sofa in her novels
The etiquette of maintaining another woman – plus Emma Hamilton, Nelson’s mistress
Georgian TripAdvisor – travel guidance for the Regency era
Discover the journeys that Austen’s characters take in Emma
The Jane Austen letter that ended up in Haverford College, near Philadelphia

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