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In this month's Musing, Claire Saim, author of (along with Gwen Giret) Jane Austen – L’Encyclopédie Visuelle and co-president of the Société Française Jane Austen, shares her insights into Jane Austen's appeal on the other side of the Channel.

Our Roving Reporter, Lady Anne Russell returned to Bath for The Autumn Season – she can never tire of Bath after all -  and as she reveals in this month’s Musing, sharing the city’s Austenesque delights with Janeites from across the world proved to be most entertaining.

As Jane Austen's anniversary year reaches its finale in this, her birthday month, Dr Gabrielle Malcolm, author, Austen expert and the Creative Director of our six-day Austen parties, looks back on a year of fabulous celebrations.

As the last of our guests take off their dancing shoes and bid farewell to Bath after a six day party celebrating Jane Austen's 250th anniversary, the programme's Creative Director - and Austen expert - Dr Gabrielle Malcolm looks back at the festivities.

Embroidery was the height of fashion in Jane Austen’s time and every lady was expected to learn to do 'fancy work'. In this month’s ‘Musings’, Alison Larkin, co-author of Jane Austen Embroidery (along with another of our guest bloggers, Professor Jennie Batchelor) and an expert embroiderer herself, gives us a fascinating insight into the art of embroidery in Georgian England.