Jane Austen may have been born 250 years ago, but her spirit lives on in the still-standing places she wrote about—as long as ...

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has approved plans to demolish Ashe Park House, Hampshire, and replace it with a ...

In a discussion hosted by 'New Yorker' writer Alexandra Schwartz at New York’s 92nd Street Y on March 27, authors Jennifer ...

Margie Burns, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (THE CONVERSATION) Most readers hear “pride and prejudice” and immediately think of Jane Austen’s most famous novel, that salty-sweet confection ...

Three women have been chosen for the role at Elizabeth Gaskell's House in Manchester precisely because they "didn't know her". In the quest to appeal to a new audience, the museum's director Sally ...

But she is not as widely known as fellow 19th Century writers like Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. Guruleen Kahlo, who is in the final year of her English degree, is one of the museum's new ...

PBS Masterpiece‘s adaptation of Gill Hornby’s best-selling novel Miss Austen will tell an untold Austen story — this time, a personal one. Premiering this spring on PBS, Miss Austen is a ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A new walking tour in Southampton is set to retrace the footsteps of Jane Austen’s life in the city. The Hampshire-born novelist is said ...

A portrait, believed to be the only painting of Lady Jane Grey from her lifetime, will be displayed alongside six new historic pictures from Friday. New research from English Heritage and the ...

The 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth this year brings an overdue opportunity for a general audience to discover the female writers who most importantly influenced her – figures such as ...

Celebrate the brilliant mind behind your favourite classics with Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. Born on December 16, 1775, it’s the perfect excuse for a trip to England this year, writes Mauriz ...