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No. 97: January / February 2019

Corsets, celluloid and controversies
Exploring the film and television adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels
Trump: how Jane had seen it all before
Comparing the Prince Regent and the President of the US
Thirty years of Austen in Australia
JASA marks a major milestone
Small swords and sabres
Could Mr Bennet have challenged Mr Wickham to a duel?
Jane’s neighbour was the Father of Australia
Arthur Phillip retired to Bath during Austen’s time in the city
A peek between the covers
Fashion magazines of Austen’s day
Fear and food riots
As the Prince Regent partied, his subjects in the north faced starvation

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

Pride & Prejudice
The stage production that is touring the UK
Jobs for the girls
Some women in Regency times had remarkable occupations
Mad, bad and dangerous to know
Lord Byron’s mistress spoke out in the pages of Glenarvon
Making a splash
Catherine Morland’s visit to the spa at Bath
Captain Cook’s curiosities
Stunning exhibits from the South Seas were on display in London
A caddish colonel
How Colonel Berkeley, from Gloucestershire, seemed to cause one scandal after another

Poldark returns
The Cornish Mr Darcy will be back on our television screens this autumn
Scandal at Stoneleigh
A murder tale comes close to Jane Austen’s maternal family
Austen for caregivers
Carol J Adams looks at the link between Austen, the First World War and 21st-century caregivers
Women against slavery
Meet those women who campaigned against the heinous trade in human beings
The real Lady Susan
Take a look at Lady Susan Vernon, Austen’s youthful creation
Janeites in DC
A preview of this year’s JASNA AGM which is taking place in October
Jane Austen Festival in Bath
A host of exciting events are lined up for September’s gathering

Spinets and pianofortes
Jane Austen uses keyboard instruments to depict social standing
Volcano disruption
An explosion in the
Far East may have led to a year without a summer
Shipwreck and bankruptcy
Two disasters hit Jane Austen’s family
Eliza O’Neill
Did marriage and children help or hinder an author’s writing?
Wedlock, children and writing
Austen’s family had a connection with horse racing in Bath
Jane Austen Festival in Bath
A host of exciting events are lined up for September’s gathering

Mr Wickham returns
Adrian Lukis is taking his show on tour
Alton Regency Week
The Hampshire gathering is going from strength to strength
Georgian names for a Princess
The youngest royal is called Charlotte, Elizabeth Diana
Let us pray
What did the church and its teachings mean to Jane Austen?
Racing certainty
Austen’s family had a connection with horse racing in Bath
Being a kept man
Meet those who were in search of a wealthy wife

Ladies on horseback
Riding sidesaddle was the only polite way to appear in public
Meet Diana Shervington
Exclusive interview with the doyenne of Janeites, twice descended from the Austen family
White-washing
The people of colour who lived in Georgian England
Sanditon revisited
Take a trip to modern-day Worthing
A stitch in time
Needlework had a particular role in Jane’s novels
Is this the book that inspired Sense & Sensibility?
Introducing A Gossip’s Story

Persians at Pemberley
Four Iranian students followed in Jane Austen’s footsteps around England in the early 1800s
Mr D’Arcy, tour guide
The army office who escorted our Muslim visitors in Regency London
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Seth Grahame-Smith’s mash-up is set to hit the big screen
Fun at the frost fair
Londoners enjoyed a memorable party when the Thames froze over
A day at the waxworks
Life-like effigies were a popular attraction for the Georgian public
Hair today, gone tomorrow
What your coiffure said about you in Jane Austen’s time

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