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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

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

Previous Issues

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

No. 120: November / December 2022

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No. 120: November / December 2022

Cover Story: The Sadness of George III
Life and funeral of long-reigning monarch
Are we persuaded?
Recent Netflix adaptation reviewed
Two Janes in Bath
The similarities between Austen and Porter
Scandal at Court
Princess Sophia's illegitimate child
Delightful authors
First fan reference to an Austen novel
Jealous moments of note
Male rivalry in Emma and Persuasion

No. 119: September / October 2022

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No. 119: September / October 2022

More of the same kind
Lifting the veil on the Gothic
Innumerable pictures
Women tourists' artistic engagements
Electricity on Tuesday
Expecting no advantage from it
George Austen the mystery
The forgotten brother
Cover story: Bath Fashion Museum
Taking the tour
Jane Austen therapy
Nonagenarian Dr Wilson's experience

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