Sense and Sensibility review – lack of decorum drains tension from Austen adaptation
Being Mr Wickham review – Jane Austen’s cad meanders into old age
May 2024
Jane Austen fans despair at student digs plan for hotel where she danced
Devotees of author from Britain and the US lobby Southampton council to reject proposals for historic Dolphin building
April 2024
Jane Austen museum appeals to public for help deciphering brother’s memoir
Curators launch campaign after acquiring 78-page document that could hold new information about author
March 2024
Digested week
Digested week: Can the monarchy survive the Kate photo fiasco? It probably can
Lucy Mangan
Could this national madness have been Meghan’s revenge? Plus, questions about chafing and a vet bills shock
Colin Firth’s wet shirt from Pride and Prejudice sells for £20,000
Clothing worn by actor in 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen novel goes for double expected amount at auction
Winchester plan for £100,000 Jane Austen statue triggers ‘Disneyfication’ fears
People at public meeting raise concerns that sculpture in cathedral grounds will attract tourists taking selfies
February 2024
Mr Darcy’s wet shirt, as worn by Colin Firth, goes up for auction
Audiobook of the week
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen audiobook review – the pursuit of love
January 2024
The week in theatre: Northanger Abbey; The Most Precious of Goods – review
Zoe Cooper’s vivaciously queer take on Jane Austen will make readers and audiences think twice. And Nicolas Kent distils a Holocaust fable to its chilling bare bones
Northanger Abbey review – Janeites, be warned! Austen gets a fanfic makeover
Writer Zoe Cooper and director Tessa Walker reignite Jane Austen’s early novel with hilarious physical storytelling and a fizzing cast, though the romance sputters out too soon
Ultimate summer reads
The ultimate summer reading list: 15 funny books to make you laugh
From hilarious fiction by Terry Pratchett and PG Wodehouse to memoirs by Patricia Lockwood and Adam Kay, your beach reads are sorted courtesy of Guardian Australia’s staff and critics
December 2023
The last word
‘Spirits dancing in private rapture’: the best descriptions of joy in literature
The Guardian view on marginalia: scribbles that can change the meaning of books
November 2023
Jane Austen’s own copy of Curiosities of Literature to go up for auction
Described as ‘a remarkable piece of history’, the copy of Isaac D’Israeli’s essays collection is one of 20 books the author is known to have owned, and features her own underlinings and annotations
October 2023
Other lives
Judy Routledge obituary
Other lives: Nurse, secretary to the Queen’s physician and GP practice manager with a love of literature
September 2023
Welsh mansion that inspired Wordsworth and Coleridge on the verge of collapse
Piercefield House, a Grade II-listed mansion that may have been the prototype for Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, is now ‘seriously distressed’
August 2023
‘I can’t stress how much BookTok sells’: teen literary influencers swaying publishers
TikTok recommendations are driving sales and launching authors’ careers as the social media app continues to reshape the industry
June 2023
‘A voice from the past’: harp played by Jane Austen’s cousin sings again
