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Beyond the bonnets: Jane Austen’s working women finally get their place in the spotlight

Exhibition looks at housekeepers, maids and governesses who ‘enable the lives of the heroines and heroes’

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Jane Austen would be annoyed women still do not have equality – Lucy Worsley

Austen’s novels include Sense And Sensibility, Pride And Prejudice and Emma.

Evening Standard

What quintessentially British images should go on the new banknotes? Our panel has some ideas

The Bank of England is redesigning money with new themes. So how about Lincoln Cathedral, the London Marathon … or wheelie bins, suggest Athena Kugblenu, David Reynolds, Coco Khan, Connor Myers and Henry Bonsu

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David Nicholls: ‘I’m nervous to admit it but I struggled with Jane Austen’

The One Day author on laughing hysterically at Adrian Mole and coming around to Persuasion

The Guardian - UK

‘Smoke and confusion’: exhibition points out Jane Austen’s true thoughts on Bath

Georgian city is not shy of milking its links with the author, but actually she was not happy during her time there

The Guardian - UK

For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

In Pride and Prejudice (1813), when heroine Elizabeth Bennet arrives at Netherfield Park with “her petticoat six inches deep in mud”, she walks not only through the fields of Hertfordshire, but into one of literature’s most memorable images of women’s independence.

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Daisy Edgar-Jones To Star In New Sense & Sensibility Adaptation With An Aussie Twist

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Daisy Edgar-Jones starring in new Sense and Sensibility adaptation

Daisy Edgar-Jones is to play the role of Elinor Dashwood in a new movie adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility.

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Daisy Edgar-Jones to lead new big-screen take on Sense and Sensibility

The Normal People and Twisters star will play Elinor in a new version of the Jane Austen classic

The Guardian - US

Clueless review – Alicia Silverstone and Brittany Murphy are class acts in 90s Jane Austen parallel

Amy Heckerling’s high school romcoming-of-age classic, composed entirely of quotable funny lines, remains a sophisticated pleasure 30 years on

The Guardian - UK

30 years after its release, I'm still convinced Clueless is the gold standard for teen movies

Big Screen Spotlight | My favorite teen movie is returning to theaters, and rewatching it has convinced me that it's a timeless classic

Total Film

Ladies' Day brings glamour to sunny Ascot as temperatures hit 32C

Photographs from the event showed how ladies transformed the Berkshire racecourse into a living gallery of fashion

Evening Standard

Stylish racegoers out in force for Royal Ascot Ladies’ Day

Towering headgear inspired by Jane Austen, recycled creations and even fluttering butterflies were some of the designs worn by racing fans.

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Gavin And Stacey’s Ruth Jones and Richard E Grant to star in new BBC drama

The Other Bennet Sister is an adaption of the novel of the same name by Janice Hadlow.

The Conversation

Your next summer read and our award-winning podcasts – what you should read, watch, see and listen to this week

The Women’s prize was founded in 1991 in bold riposte to the year’s all-male Booker prize shortlist. It’s funny to think how male-dominated the industry once was when you look at it now. There has been a real renaissance in literary fiction by women since then. Take last year’s Booker…

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Friday essay: foggy, flirty and too much – Jane Austen’s menopausal women solicit compassion while making us laugh

Was Jane Austen the first writer to show how it really feels to be a middle-aged woman?

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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life review – witty, well-played French comedy in a Bridget Jones vein

Camille Rutherford is endearing as a writer who wins a place on a Jane Austen retreat, but will she discover love or something more realistic?

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The best TV of 2025 in the UK so far

A dying woman’s quest for the perfect orgasm, incest in Thailand and the death of the internet’s daddy – it’s this year’s finest telly so far

Evening Standard

Marisa Abela and Harris Dickinson star in Audible Pride And Prejudice adaption

The Audible adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel will also feature performances by Glenn Close and Bill Nighy.

The Conversation

Netflix to remake Pride and Prejudice – why Jane Austen novels make perfect period adaptations

Announcing its new six-part adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Netflix quoted screenwriter Dolly Alderton as saying: “Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful story.” In the 250th anniversary of her birth, it would seem that every new generation wants its own adaptation of Jane…

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Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter captures the spirit of two great geniuses, born 250 years ago

Harewood House, with its impressive history and classic English beauty, is a magnificent place to visit in Leeds, west Yorkshire. The house frequently hosts remarkable exhibitions and cultural events devoted to art, poetry and history.

Salon

World-weary bookworms crave rom-coms too

The director of "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" was inspired by Austen's ability to be both entertaining and deep

The Guardian - UK

‘Not everybody spoke posh’ in Jane Austen’s era, says top producer

Jane Tranter’s The Other Bennet Sister will ditch the ‘fetishisation’ of period drama to draw viewers into the novelist’s world

The Guardian - UK

Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius review – even the author herself would be a fan of this spot-on tribute

This prestigious documentary celebrating 250 years since the novelist’s birth is a passionate, detailed – but never OTT – take on Austen. It will leave you rushing back to her books

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