The Latest Breaking News from Jane Austen

Amazon’s Book of the Year 2024 and similar reads to dive into

From best-selling romances to non-fiction marvels

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

5 best Prime Video romantic comedies to stream right now

Check out these great rom-coms on Prime Video.

Tom’s Guide · Nov 12, 2024

15 years of Horrible Histories – kids’ TV so good it’s getting a Bafta

The anarchic show that spawned the team behind sitcom treasure Ghosts is being given a Bafta for its ‘extraordinary impact’. Here are its 15 greatest moments

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024

BBC is rebooting Pride and Prejudice, but not with the Jane Austen character I was expecting

A new Pride and Prejudice spin-off is coming to the BBC.

WhatToWatch · Oct 9, 2024

First editions of all Jane Austen’s novels to go on display at author’s house

Collection being exhibited at Jane Austen’s House in Hampshire includes her brother Frank’s copy of Emma

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024

From feminist trailblazers to relatable icons, these are our favourite fictional women

Whether it's Jane Austen's early trailblazers or modern heroines, these women prove why girls really do run the world

Woman & Home · Sep 22, 2024

Pat Barker: ‘When I first read Pride and Prejudice, I hated it’

The author on reimagining Homer, the sexiness of John Donne’s sonnets, and what she’s learned from Margaret Atwood

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024

‘Thornback’ keeps trending – here’s why this old-fashioned term is derogatory to young, single women

I am 27 years old; I have no money and no prospects. I am already a burden for my parents, and I am frightened. So don’t judge me, Lizzie.

The Conversation · Sep 12, 2024

‘Like a gig with your favourite 90s artists’: KT Tunstall composes Clueless musical

Adaptation of Amy Heckerling’s classic 1995 comedy will open in London in February with a new score by the Scottish musician inspired by its soundtrack

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2024

Shoplifting is now at record levels. Here’s how it went from a crime punishable by death to police ‘turning a blind eye’

Wherever you are on the political spectrum, shoplifting has come to symbolise today’s “broken Britain”. On the left, it is an inevitable product of the cost of living crisis and poverty, fuelled in part by growing levels of drug and alcohol addiction. On the right, it is a damning symptom…

The Conversation · Sep 5, 2024