Film – LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP Whit Stillman, UK / Ireland / France / Netherlands, 2016, 90m, U
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Emma
Emma
The 250th anniversary of Bath’s favourite writer is celebrated in fitting style with a new stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s comedy of manners, Emma.
Jane Austen Festival 2025
Jane Austen Festival 2025
One of the most well-known festivals in Bath, the Jane Austen Festival, is also one of the largest and longest Jane Austen-themed festivals in the world!
Janette Haslam: Ladies’ Period Costumier
Discover the intricate world of a professional ladies’ period costumier. This lecture explores the journey into the role.
The Watsons with Rose Servitova
In her talk on The Watsons, Rose Servitova explores what inspired her to complete Jane Austen’s unfinished novel – from fandom and her fascination with Austen
Austen Fantasy House Hunt
The streets and houses in Jane Austen’s novels are essential to defining the people who occupy them, but what about the buildings the characters never actually visit?
Jane Austen’s Portrait
This talk charts the extensive research made by forensic artist portrait painter, Melissa Dring, when commissioned to produce a new likeness of Jane Austen in 2001.
Assembly & Diversity in Jane Austen’s Bath
This talk, with Dr Tim Moore, explores the vibrant world of Georgian Bath and the radical inclusivity of its world-famous assemblies.
Dye & Colour in Regency Life
Trace the creatively described colours of fashions in the journals of the time back to the ancient art and alchemy of natural colours.
Living with Jane Austen
Janet Todd has been reading Jane Austen for many decades, observing how her work alters through the lens of evolving taste and cultural fashion
250 years before Jane Austen
Director of Jane Austen’s House takes you back in time to explore the seismic political, religious, and social changes that shaped the world
The Worlds of Jane Austen
The Worlds of Jane Austen takes a fresh look at Jane Austen’s life, inspirations and legacy, drawing on the latest research in an accessible and lively way.
Murder most Austen
The past decade has seen a significant rise in Jane Austen detective fiction retellings. But what is it about Austen’s work that lends itself to the detective genre?
Dormouse to Donkey Carts: carriages of Jane Austen’s era
Amy Bracey has been driving horse-drawn carriages since she was knee high to a grasshopper and her love for them became a career
Dressing obstinate headstrong girls: costumes in Jane Austen films
In “Dressing Obstinate Headstrong Girls”, costume designer and fashion historian, Jolene Marie Richardson, will be examining how costume designers use Jane Austen’s characters
Dancing with the Stars – Georgian style!
They were ‘fond of dancing and excelled in it’. From learning from famous dancing masters, to performing at the assembly rooms
Regency Fashion in the Fashion Museum Bath Collection
Join curator Elisabeth Murray to discover more about fashion during the Regency period, through the lens of the Fashion Museum Bath collection.
Pride & Prejudice at The Forum
Step out of the pages of Austen and straight into Bath’s own art-deco picture-palace as we bring Pride & Prejudice back to the big screen
Austen Family Fun Days – Regency Faces
Bring your family to Austens at the Abbey for a series of exciting, Regency-themed craft activities for ages 4+, special tours throughout the day.
A Guide to Regency Dress
Join Hilary Davidson, associate professor and chair of MA Fashion and Textile Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York as she presents her new book:
Jane Austen’s Contradictory Characters
Austen’s characters come to life partly because of their delicious – often absurd – inconsistencies
Gossip in Jane Austen
In Jane Austen’s novels, gossip swirls around the characters. We will see how gossip is the life-blood of the small communities
Film – LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP Whit Stillman, UK / Ireland / France / Netherlands, 2016, 90m, U
Whit Stillman’s sparkling, critically-acclaimed adaptation of Jane Austen’s early, posthumously-published novella ‘Lady Susan’ stars Kate Beckinsale
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