Category Archives: Jane Austen

Pyramid Schemes and the Book Cover Challenge

Posted on 6 January 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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Ring the bell for tea, Kitty!

Posted on 8 June 2014 by Steve Caplan

My family and I are big fans of Jane Austen. We particularly like the mid-1990s BBC version of Pride and Prejudice featuring Jennifer Ehle and a rather youthful-looking Colin Firth. Having seen the series a gazillion times, the hysterical voice … Continue reading →

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Banknote Battles

Posted on 5 July 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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