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Hollywood star Emma Thompson to host Jane Austen event at luxury Hampshire hotel
A Hampshire hotel will celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday with a special guest. Heckfield Place will welcome actress and ...
Did Jane Austen's Sister Really Burn the Author's Private Letters?
Masterpiece’s latest period drama introduces audiences to a lesser-known Austen: Jane's sister Cassandra. History has not ...
‘Miss Austen’ Ending Explained: What Is Addison’s Disease? What Was Jane Austen’s Cause Of Death?
Miss Austen details how Cassy Austen might have had a second chance of romance with the (fictional) Henry Hobday, but ...
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REVIEW: Lucy Worsley delivers 'masterful' talk on Jane Austen to mark 250 years
One audience member asked about her experiences with ghosts at Hampton Court Palace, as Catherine Howard is said to haunt the ...
'I visited the pitiful never-before-seen room where Jane Austen took her last breath'
The normally private residence where the Pride & Prejudice author took lodgings for the final three months of her life with ...
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Rare UK banknotes linked Jane Austen could be worth money
New King Charles III banknotes could be worth thousands of pounds if the serial number is linked to author Jane Austen.
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‘Don’t change books to be more PC – that’s like cutting Jane Austen’s buggery joke’
Writer Paula Byrne on celebrating 250 years of Austen, her obsession with literature and how a series of poison pen letters ...
Major new Jane Austen exhibition set for Dorset Museum
Visitors will be able to view Regency costumes, letters, paintings and other contemporary objects in the exhibition space.