Basic carriage driving
I was needing to learn some of the finer points of carriage driving when I discovered this video on YouTube. I do …
Review of The Pinecone: The Story of Sarah Losh
The Pinecone: The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine—Antiquarian, Architect, and Visionary by Jenny Uglow is a gentle and enjoyable read …
Jane Austen timeline
View this timeline in a separate window: http://cuculcan.com/timeline-assets/Jane-Austen/Jane-Austen-timeline.html Read the accompanying article at The Timeline of the Life of Jane Austen at cuculcan.com.
Among the Janeite’s author coming to Denver
Deborah Yaffe, author of Among the Janeites, the definitive examination of the world of Jane Austen fandom, will be speaking to the …
Elizabeth composer/artist Chris Williams cheats
Don’t ever play twitter poker with Chris Williams, author, composer and vocalist of the album Elizabeth: Songs Based on Pride & Prejudice. He …
No. 1 Royal Crescent reopens
Charlotte House’s home when in Bath, No. 1 Royal Crescent, has reopened after a long renovation. The Georgian townhome had been split …
Jane, Actually on sale now!
Jane, Actually is now on sale at Amazon for the Kindle, as a paperback, and at Barnes & Noble for the Nook. It should shortly …
Jane Austen documentary double feature
I’m late to the post in writing this (almost everyone has shared or seen this on facebook), but I feel it incumbent …
Silly, silly Supersizers Go Regency
This has to be one of the silliest shows ever to pose as a food documentary on the BBC. Restaurant critic Giles …
Sense and Sensibility The Musical review
Perhaps the worst person to review Sense and Sensibility The Musical is a Janeite. It’s a little hard …
Jane Austen and textiles
U.K. Janeite Christopher Sandrawich sends me this link to the blog Textile Stories: The Fabric of Everyday Life. It’s the work of four …
First-day cover Austen stamps arrived
Sometimes I doubt just how much of an Austen fan I am (my friends will shake their heads at this), but my …
Death Come to Pemberley … and now the BBC
UPDATE: Now there seems to be speculation that Dan Stevens is a likely candidate to play Darcy in Death Come to Pemberley. …
Austen at Altitude banner
Here’s the official web banner for Austen at Altitude, a conference in Denver, Colorado on April 13, that coincides with the world …
Pride and Prejudice board game/Austen stamps
I subscribe to the blog Embarking on a Course of Study, the home of author Chris Stewart, and normally I don’t try …
Mr. Collins’ blunder
He was interrupted by a summons to dinner; and the girls smiled on each other. They were not the only objects of …
éclat:
This is a word that I have to look up every single time, for I keep confusing it with élan, éclair and …
Taking the 2013 P&P Bicentenary Challenge
Laurel Ann Natress at AustenProse.com has suggested a Pride & Prejudice challenge to mark the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s second published and …
Re-evaluating Mansfield Park
Even a hard-core Janeite, pressed to rank Austen’s novels, will probably list Mansfield Park in fifth or sixth place, and many of …
Lost in Austen available on Hulu
Good grief, I only just learned this minute that Lost in Austen is available to watch for free on Hulu. Follow this …
The House of Hanover
Here’s a great documentary that’s quite informative for Janeites, the House of Hanover episodes that are part of David Starkey’s great Monarchy …
Austen at Altitude/Sense and Sensibility Musical
Austen at Altitude, the conference being planned by both the Pike Peak and the Denver-Boulder JASNA regions, gets more real every day. …
Jane and Sherlock
Two new additions to my work place, Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes refrigerator magnets, although they’ve found a home on the side …
Austen birthday quiz
My friend in the Midlands, Christopher Sandrawich, sent me the quiz he prepared for his society’s Austen birthday dinner, and with his …
Austen at Altitude
I mentioned it to many of the people I met at the Decatur Book Festival, but now I can release some specifics …
Holmes, Austen calendars
I’m trying to be better at keeping the Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes calendars updated, but it’s a difficult task. And so …
Oh to be in England next June at Cambridge
Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambridge will be hosting a Pride and Prejudice Conference June 21–23 in 2013. This information …
The Royal Crescent museum closing
The museum at No. 1 Royal Crescent will be closing Oct. 14 this year, but don’t worry, it’s not being threatened by …
Update on the Library Passage in Worthing
From Chris Sandrawich, Membership Secretary Jane Austen Society Midlands If you have received this e-mail it means that I have written to …
What I’m reading: Mercy’s Embrace by Laura Hile
Following on Karen Aminadra’s Charlotte Collins, where she rehabilitates one of the less appealing Jane Austen characters, I have found Laura Hile’s …