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No. 140: March / April 2026

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

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
the show that is taking the West End by storm
Eloping with Lydia Bennet
why Gretna Green proved so attractive
Austen's music
rehabilitating George Chard, Jane's music teacher
New series: Regency travellers
meet the women who explored the world
Harpoon harvest
whaling was big business in Jane Austen's time
Waltz and diplomacy
Dorothy Lieven introduced Henry to the scandalous dance

Brighton Pavilion
exploring the Prince Regent's coastal fantasy
Dinner with Jane
Julienne Gehrer introduces Martha Lloyd's Household Book
Austen and the weather
a Georgian scientist was warning of climate change
Dancing with death
the Duchess of Richmond's ball on the eve of the battle of Waterloo
Not-so holy orders
John Horne Took, a troublesome priest
A triumph in chambermaids
Isabelle Mattocks charmed the Prince Regent

Exploring our royal heritage
Bridgerton touches on Queen Charlotte's ancestry
Exclusive: the novel that foretells Sanditon
had Austen read The Farmer of Inglewood Forest?
Jane and Winnie-the-Pooh
AA Milne's touching adaptation of Elizabeth Bennet's story
Janeites are gathering in the Windy City
Previewing JASNA's annual general meeting in Chicago
Austen and the castrati
male singers whose voices soared to great highs
Hey, big spender
conspicuous consumption was all the rage in Regency England

Festival preview
Janeites prepare for their return to Bath
Exclusive: the silent Austen film
what happened to plans for a 1917 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice?
Caught in a tight place
Jane's writing has never been more relevant than in the past year
Welcome to the ReGINcy
the changing fortunes of this favourite drink
Meet the resurrection men
with cadavers in short supply, the bodysnatchers had a solution
Witnesses to Waterloo
first-hand accounts from the famous battle of 1815

Seaside fun
puppets that pack a punch
London's burning
fire safety in Jane's day
Crime, punishment and George III
plus: an Austen relation sent to the gallows
Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte?
our writer admires them both, but sides with Austen
Mansfield Park and the work ethic
Sir Thomas prepares the Price brothers for employment
Regency rogue
Mary Ann Clark's career of corruption

Austen and Bridgerton
wealth, lust and betrayal in Regency England
Anna with variations
Jane's niece and a musical joke
Chawton in the 1800s
remarkable photographs of the 'Great House'
Making sense of the census
controversy over how to cope with a rising population
Kitchen ingredients
exploring the larders, pantries and stoves of Jane's time
Storming the US Capitol
the day British troops attacked in 1814

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