Tag Archives: Jane Austen

Pyramid Schemes and the Book Cover Challenge

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Athene Donald

As a child I occasionally got sucked into a strange pyramid form of exchanging postcards, an old-fashioned form of chain mail (but not of the metal variety). The details escape me but the basic idea was that you contacted half … Continue reading →

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Banknote Battles

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Athene Donald

Last week I declined an invitation to go on Radio 4’s Today programme. I had good reasons for doing this, as I hope I’ll be able to convince you, but I still felt that I was letting the side down … Continue reading →

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