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Discover the intricate world of a professional ladies’ period costumier. This lecture explores the journey into the role.
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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
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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? |
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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.
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This talk, with Dr Tim Moore, explores the vibrant world of Georgian Bath and the radical inclusivity of its world-famous assemblies.
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Ian McEwan, Booker Prize-winning author and friend of the bookshop, will return to Bath to celebrate his latest novel - What We Can Know |
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Trace the creatively described colours of fashions in the journals of the time back to the ancient art and alchemy of natural colours.
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Janet Todd has been reading Jane Austen for many decades, observing how her work alters through the lens of evolving taste and cultural fashion
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Director of Jane Austen’s House takes you back in time to explore the seismic political, religious, and social changes that shaped the world |
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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?
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Amy Bracey has been driving horse-drawn carriages since she was knee high to a grasshopper and her love for them became a career
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Enjoy a presentation from author Kate Evans, a chance for questions and book signings, and time to explore the museum and Tower.
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In “Dressing Obstinate Headstrong Girls”, costume designer and fashion historian, Jolene Marie Richardson, will be examining how costume designers use Jane Austen’s characters
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They were ‘fond of dancing and excelled in it’. From learning from famous dancing masters, to performing at the assembly rooms
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Join curator Elisabeth Murray to discover more about fashion during the Regency period, through the lens of the Fashion Museum Bath collection. |
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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:
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Austen’s characters come to life partly because of their delicious – often absurd – inconsistencies
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In Jane Austen’s novels, gossip swirls around the characters. We will see how gossip is the life-blood of the small communities |
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Join Toppings to celebrate 230 years of Sydney Gardens - with a fabulous literary walk! The Friends of Sydney Gardens have written a beautiful, lively book full of history and facts about the park.
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Whit Stillman’s sparkling, critically-acclaimed adaptation of Jane Austen’s early, posthumously-published novella ‘Lady Susan’ stars Kate Beckinsale
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Mr B's couldn’t be more delighted to welcome the wonderful Tom Cox for a sensational evening to celebrate the release of his new novel, Everything Will Swallow You. |
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The Mr B’s Team are absolutely over the moon to welcome bestselling author and screenwriter, Moira Buffini, to the shop to discuss Torchfire |
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Bath Children's Literature Festival is a spectacular celebration of books, reading, drawing, writing, and performance. |
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Join Cressida Cowell to celebrate How To Train Your Dragon School, her first (hilarious) novel in the Dragon world for 10 years |
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Mr B's couldn’t be more excited to welcome the award-winning author Mariana Enriquez, for her new book, Somebody Is Walking On Your Grave: My Cemetery Journeys. |
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"Britain’s Queen of Shops takes us back three decades to her time stalking the floor at Harvey Nichols, at the height of its Ab Fab-inspired cachet" - Guardian. |
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Written in Latin during the great age of exploration, the discovery of a previously unknown island might not have seemed impossible |
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Mr B's couldn’t be more delighted to welcome Countdown’s resident word expert, Susie Dent, and bestselling author, activist and performance poet sensation, Len Pennie. |
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A spine-tingling workshop with Fleur Hitchcock. Discover how inspiration for murder can come from the everyday
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Get ready to be entertained as Liz Pichon, the bestselling and award-winning creator of Tom Gates, launches her TWO new books, |
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Mr B's are so excited to welcome the legendary picture book duo Rachel Bright and Jim Field to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their modern classic story, The Lion Inside!
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Join Paddington and Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville for a celebration of the power of books to keep the magic of childhood alive. |
