‘The skull beneath the skin’ – Angela Carter in Bath
Several female writers have spent fruitful periods in the city of Bath. In this month's Musings, our guest blogger Dr. Gabrielle Malcolm looks at Angela Carter's four years in the city - a time span that mirrors Jane Austen's
Can AI Write an Austen Novel?
The launch of AI systems for content and art creation is a hot topic, but where do fans of the early-nineteenth century novel stand? This month's Musings sees our guest blogger and author of 'There’s Something About Darcy,' Dr. Gabrielle Malcolm consider whether AI can write a novel like Jane Austen
Spring Fashions in the age of Jane Austen
It's Spring and to celebrate, journalist and author Sarah Jane Downing takes us back to Regency England to discover what Jane Austen, her friends and characters, would have been wearing as the sun and flowers came out
Shops & Shoplifting: Jane Austen’s Aunt & a Card of Lace
In this month's Musings, Jennie Batchelor, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of Kent, looks at shopping in Regency Bath and tells the intriguing story of how Jane Austen's aunt went shopping for lace and ended up in Lichester gaol
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Nobody Writes a Love Story like Jane Austen
To mark the month of love, Robert Morrison, British Academy Global Professor at Bath Spa University and author of The Regency Revolution, celebrates the most famous romance of the past two centuries - Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
