At the architect and artist’s storied home, ornate Georgian detailing is a foil for paintings celebrating his heritage — it’s ...

Jane Austen fans around the world have been celebrating the 250th Anniversary of her birth with a wide variety of festivals, ...

On Jane Austen’s tombstone in Winchester Cathedral in England, no mention is made of her achievements as a novelist. Instead, the epitaph written by her brother James celebrates how “the ...

Adapted from Gill Hornby's novel of the same name, Miss Austen is now making a surprise comeback. The forthcoming Miss Austen Returns is an adaptation of Honby's recently published follow-up book, The ...

Virginia Woolf.

In 1975, a new organisation was set up with the express aim of saving Britain's most beautiful and historic buildings from ...

From Abraham Lincoln's appetite for apples to Mark Twain’s odes to oysters, these are some of the surprising favourite foods ...

Low literacy. A drop in recreational reading. Students who can’t finish texts. A book industry of falling margins. The ...

LLM travel writer Mary Isokariari discovers why the city of Bath is regarded as one of the top UK destinations for a luxury ...

See Inside Jane Austen’s Lively Literary Mind Through Letters, Line Edits and Locks of Hair To celebrate the author’s 250th birthday, a new exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in New ...