Musing

As our celebrations marking Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary begin, the programme’s creative director, Dr Gabrielle Malcolm, takes a look at guest speaker Gill Hornby’s novel, Miss Austen and its BBC adaptation.

Spring is springing and for many people – including Jane Austen and her mother – that brings thoughts of a new home. In this month’s Musings, architectural historian Dr Moira Rudolf (who will be at the Gainsborough Bath Spa as part of our Jane Austen 250th celebrations next month) takes us house hunting with Jane.

In this Valentine's month, Dr Gabrielle Malcolm, author of books including There’s Something About Darcy and creative director of our Jane Austen 250th celebrations, takes a look at Elizabeth Bennet's suitor, a character who has become the archetype of the aloof romantic hero.

The Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel has enjoyed many other lives and functions. In this month’s Musing, Dr Moira Rudolf (who will be at the Gainsborough Bath Spa as part of our Jane Austen 250^th celebrations later this year), delves into the former incarnations of this storied building.

As our fabulous Festive Jane Austen & Bath experiences begin, our expert guest blogger Dr Moira Rudolf takes a look at the Christmas traditions Jane Austen would have enjoyed.

In this month's Musings, Dr. Gabrielle Malcolm, author of books including 'There’s Something About Darcy' and creative director of our Jane Austen 250th celebrations, muses on Jane Austen’s heroines and the contemporary fight for gender equality.

From a small town, with middle-class parents and staunch Christian roots, she went on to conquer the world with the honesty, emotion and wit of her writing.

This accurately describes Jane Austen – and also Taylor Swift. In this month's Musings, Dr Gabrielle Malcolm draws some surprising parallels.

Second only to her sister Cassandra, Martha Lloyd (1765-1843) seems to have been Jane Austen's dearest friend. This month our guest blogger, Zoe Wheddon, author of Jane Austen's Best Friend; The Life and Influence of Martha Lloyd, muses on their long and precious friendship

Summer has arrived and, to celebrate the outdoor season, this month's Musings (written by our expert guest blogger Dr Moira Rudolf) takes you back in time to Bath's Pleasure Gardens as Jane Austen would have known them.

Jane Austen knew Bath well. Deemed to be England’s leading spa throughout the eighteenth and into the nineteenth-century, the city and her experience of it was important for her work. In this month's Musings our new guest blogger, walking tour guide Dr Moira Rudolf, takes a look at the baths of Bath, both as Jane would have known them and as they are today.