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No. 139: January / February 2026

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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





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

Previous Issues

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

No. 128: March / April 2024

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No. 128: March / April 2024

  • Cover story: Napoleon the film
    Review of Ridley Scott's interpretation
  • A little wilderness
    The eighteenth-century garden
  • Master and Commander
    The real life of Sir Thomas Cochrane
  • In peril on the sea
    Origins of the RNLI
  • The Ambitious Clergyman
    Mr Elton from Emma
  • Biographies: Jane Austen
    A book review special

No. 127: January / February 2024

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No. 127: January / February 2024

  • Cover story: The Musical Musketeer
    The real life of Joseph de Bologne
  • Regimental Charms
    Military fashion in Regency times
  • Novel First Impressions
    The 1801 book by Margaret Holford
  • Nothing but tea
    Austen drank this refreshing drink
  • Defending Charlotte Lucas
    A victim or a schemer?
  • Pools and Promenades
    Review of the 2023 Jane Austen Festival
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