Musing

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.

This month our roving reporter, Lady Anne Russell, shares tales of her Strictly Jane Austen guided walks through the streets of Bath.

In this month’s Musing, our guest blogger, tour guide and architectural historian Dr Moira Rudolf takes a deep dive into Northanger Abbey to challenge the frequently-made observation that Jane Austen didn’t write from the life.

The Gainsborough, Part II

In this month’s Musing, architectural historian Dr. Moira Rudolf continues her earlier thoughts on the secret history of The Gainsborough Hotel, and reinforces its position in Bath’s Thermal Corridor by putting it into context via a neglected Forebear and two later – but lost – Swagger Spas

In this month's Musing, architectural historian Dr Moira Rudolf takes us back to Jane Austen's Bath.

The carriages have left Bath after the first of our six-day parties marking 250 years since Jane Austen's birth. As we start preparing for the next, the programme's Creative Director, Dr. Gabrielle Malcolm, looks back on a fabulous gathering of 'clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation.'