“Wake-up call” for Twitter from Jane Austen bank note campaigner
Caroline Criado-Perez ran a successful three-month campaign for Jane Austen to appear on a £10 note, and in the wake of her bank note victory, a sustained attack against her… Read more »
Jane Austen’s face to appear on £10 note
As usual, Jane Austen is everywhere. Her characters appear on stamps and in lakes—and her face will shortly grace the new £10 note, replacing Charles Darwin. The Bank of England announced their… Read more »
Twelve-foot Mr Darcy of your dreams/nightmares
The Independent released a short video about the twelve-foot tall Mr Darcy sculpture in London’s Hyde Park, including reactions from passersby and speculation about the swans’ feelings toward their new… Read more »
Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
Jane Austen was born on the 16th of December in 1775 in Hampshire, England, and quickly began a lifelong relationship with books, becoming a voracious reader and then, as we… Read more »
Is this what Jane Austen really looked like?
A British scholar says she’s uncovered a lost portrait of Jane Austen that shows not the “frivolous and fey woman” portrayed in the few known portraits of her, but rather… Read more »