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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

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

Previous Issues

No. 126: November / December 2023

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No. 126: November / December 2023

Cover story: Take a chair
The sedan chair's influence on Bath
The witty clergyman: Henry Tilney
New series exploring Austen's clergy
Trouble looming
New technology's impact on weavers
Let there be sound
Georgian hymns and church music
Real women
Discovering Austen characters
Jane Austen in spectacles
Looking through Georgian glasses

No. 125: September / October 2023

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No. 125: September / October 2023

Cover story: Actress, heiress, duchess
The rags-to-riches life of Harriot Mellon
Soft as silk
An introduction to the silk industry
The road to Meryton
Journeys on foot in Pride & Prejudice
The monk and Mansfield Park
Comparing real life with fiction
A country village in London
The important locations in Sense & Sensibility
Battle of the sexes?
The 'programme piece', Battle of Prague

No. 124: July / August 2023

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No. 124: July / August 2023

Cover story: Festival Preview
Bath prepares to celebrate all things Austen
Highway Robbery
A less than romantic form of occupation
'The prettiest English china'
An introduction to the English porcelain industry
Ice with your Gin?
Looking for the North-West passage
Super-mum or villain?
The portrayal of the long-suffering Mrs Bennet
Jane Austen in earnest
Oscar Wilde's use of Austen novels

No. 123: May / June 2023

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No. 123: May / June 2023

Cover Story: A King-Sized Coronation
Prince Regent becomes George IV
Sarah Biffin 'without hands'
Remarkable story of an extraordinary artist
The Great Belzoni
Treasure hunter and vandal
'Our Wedgwood ware'
An introduction to Staffordshire pottery
Austen's Inspiration
Women writers' oft overlooked legacies
'Are they all horrid?'
The man behind The Midnight Bell

No. 122: March / April 2023

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No. 122: March / April 2023

Cover Story: Dropt children
Thomas Coram's Foundling Hospital
Tokens of love
Heart-rending objects left by desperate mothers
The mighty enchantress
Ann Radcliffe the enigma
Fertility rituals and remedies
Alternative medicine of the 18th century
We walked by the canal
An engineering transport revolution
Lady Susan is dead
What would the obituary say if published today

No. 121: January / February 2023

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No. 121: January / February 2023

Do not poke the animals!
The birth of Regents Park Zoo
Upper Rooms at Bath
An important location in Austen novels
Belfast Harp Festival of 1792
Keeping ancient Irish music alive
Port wine: A Georgian favourite
Delving into the history of this digestif
Cover Story: Weather the weather
Whether we like it or not!
Muslins and mule-spinning
New series on the emerging industrial revolution

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