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‘There’s nothing like staying at home for real comfort’, wrote Jane Austen in Emma. As lockdowns see us spending more time in our houses, we asked Jane Austen aficiando Christine Hughes to tell us how the Georgians amused themselves at home.  

16th December was Jane Austen's 245th birthday. We asked English teacher and Georgian history expert Christine Hughes to tell us how birthdays were celebrated in Georgian Britain. 

What would Jane Austen have been doing this month in the beautiful city of Bath? We asked historian, author and Jane Austen aficionado Diana White to take us back in time. 

'Jane Austen was a happy visitor to the city where marriages were made and fortunes lost and where le beau monde was an inspiration for the novels time has made famous', writes Diana White, historian, author and guide on our two day festive jaunt to Jane Austen's Bath. We asked her to tell us more. 

As the festive season approaches, Diana White, guide for our two day festive jaunt in Jane Austen's Bath, looks back to Christmas 1795 and finds the 20 year-old Jane Austen was enjoying herself

As the first buds appear on the trees, guest blogger Christina Hughes looks at the arrival of spring in Georgian England

Our new two-day festive jaunt around Jane Austen’s Bath is led by local historian Diana White. Ahead of the tour, we caught up with her to ask about her book, Jane Austen: The Life and Times of the Woman behind the Books, and the city Jane Austen made her home.

Every family has its own Christmas traditions and rituals. Like many of us, Jane Austen and her neighbours enjoyed decorating their houses with mistletoe and wreaths. With Christmas a-coming, Christine Hughes discovers some popular Regency traditions.

Jane Austen loved autumn walks in the Hampshire countryside, often covering five miles a day, so as the leaves turn from orange to yellow, our guest blogger Christine Hughes has been looking at how this most mellow of seasons inspired our favourite author

As summer comes to an end, English teacher and Jane Austen expert Christine Hughes extols the pleasures of the seaside, Georgian style

Summer is one of the busiest times of year for travelling, both at home and further abroad. As Jane Austen and her fellow Georgians show, going on a journey has always involved untold delights, undoubted discomforts and, ultimately, the importance of self-discovery. English teacher and Georgian history expert Christine Hughes tells us more.

Hot Cross Buns might be trending but here in Bath, buns are a year-round favourite.

Austrian radio journalist Julia Reuter joined our tour guide Adge Secker for a walking tour of Jane Austen's Bath and discovered that the author was quite right about the appeal of the city