No. 139: January / February 2026

• Royal Gardens at Kew
  A green oasis in London
• Letting off steam
  Introduction to engine-powered ships
• Reading Austen for hope
  No-one needs to be perfect
• The spiritual clergy wife
  Fanny Bertram from Mansfield Park
  
• Breaches in dance etiquette
  What they signify in Austen's novels
• Visiting College Street
  Where Jane ended her days in 1817
• News from the Upper Rooms
  the restoration of Bath Assembly Rooms