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No. 140: March / April 2026

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

The renowned crime author P. D. James talks about her love of Austen and her new Pride & Prejudice sequel
The dangers of pregnancy and childbirth in Georgian times
Maggie Lane looks at how Jane Austen depicted wintry weather in her books
The other novelist Jane: Jane Porter, and her sister Anna-Maria
Face to face with Jane's writing: a look at one of Jane's letters to Cassandra
Forget Northanger Abbey - welcome to Nightmare Abbey

Andrew Davies reveals to the JASNA conference how he 'sexed-up' Pride & Prejudice
A new series of Garrow's Law, the Georgian courtroom drama, hits the TV screens
The Night Before Christmas: seasonal writing from 1800s America
Stunning pictures from the Jane Austen Festival in Bath
Do the men in Sense & Sensibility disappoint, asks Maggie Lane
Take a new look at the events that led to the start of the Regency.

Jane Austen and Kate Middleton: how they are related
Stetsons for JASNA as members prepare to gather in Texas
Gorgeous Gainsborough: a new exhibition of the portraitist's landscapes
Dealing with illness and death in the Regency era
How Jane Austen uses characters overhearing conversations as a literary device
The bird man of Lyme Regis and his incredible drawings.

Preview of the Jane Austen Festival taking place in Bath in September
Painting a play: Somerset Maugham's fantastic collection of Georgian theatrical paintings is safe
Jane's forgotten brother: what became of George Austen?
How the seaside is depicted in Jane Austen's novels
The day rioters attacked the Lunar Society of Birmingham
How did Cassandra Austen handle her sister's legacy, and how will ours be handled when we are gone?

Americans in Bath: Celebrating 50 years of the American Museum in Britain
Battle wounds and bedlam: Living with illness in Georgian times
Loitering with James: Maggie Lane asks if Jane Austen helped her brother with his periodical,The Loiterer
Amanda Vickery interview: Meet the academic who has brought the Georgians to life on TV
Correspondence culture: Kelly M McDonald on the art of letter writing

JARW at Fifty: The Jane Austen community worldwide celebrates the 50th edition of Jane Austen's Regency World
Sandy Lerner interview: The entrepreneur who rescued Chawton House speaks exclusively about the pleasure and pain of such a significant project
Regency royal weddings: What Prince William and Kate Middleton can learn from Georgian nuptials
Home comforts: Maggie Lane on how Jane Austen's books show how ideas about the home were changing.
Clerical fathers: Contrasting the lives of George Austen and Patrick Bronte

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