The sounds of spoons clinking on teacups filled the Brunswick Branch Library as Jane Austen looked on stoically from a black ...

The world-first exhibition brings together artefacts from the British Library and portraits from the National Portrait Gallery in London.

HOTA's exhibition will feature rare manuscripts, first editions and portraits of literary luminaries, including William ...

One Yorkshire academic is set to give a major lecture at the National Portrait Gallery about Jane Austen’s use of portraits in her novels to mark the anniversary. Professor Joe Bray, of the ...

A pottery which specialises in making quirky teapots is paying tribute to novelist Jane Austen as a year of celebrations ... with an open book featuring her portrait and an inscription on the ...

Indeed, Writers Revealed: Treasures From the British Library and National Portrait Gallery, London is a world-first. Clearly, it's a special treat for word nerds — especially if you're a fan of Jane ...

The portrait of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra is much loved even though we cannot see her face, only her clothes. How do we read the costumes and social symbols in paintings from 18th century ...

Fara Dabhoiwala... Read more about Portrait of a Genius: The Extraordinary Story of Francis Williams Colin Burrow and Clare Bucknell look at Jane Austen's use of the words 'interest' and 'interesting' ...

the V&A acquired a previously unknown portrait. It shows the Black Jamaican polymath Francis Williams (c. 1690-1762), dressed in a wig, surrounded by books and scientific instruments. Fara Dabhoiwala.

The first novel in what became the five-volume Cazalet Chronicles greets you like a warm hug. Opening in the Sussex ...