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• Latest Giveaways - Winners of Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy and His Good Opinion

  

  The giveaway of a signed copy of Barbara Tiller Cole's "Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy" was linked to her guestpost "Elizabeth Darcy and Barbara Tiller Cole's... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 BOOKS

• Jane Austen's Birthday Soiree - You Are All Invited!!!

  

  It'll be Jane Austen's Birthday soon, it'll be next Friday December 16th. Are you ready to celebrate with My Jane Austen Book Club? Katherine Cox at November's... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• John Peter Sloan : a Teacher Who Became a Comedian, a Comedian Supporting...

  

  You know how much I love teaching, but maybe you also remember how much I appreciate to go back to being a learner from time to time. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Richard Iii at Bosworth. What Really Happened? - Reading Military History Monthly

  

  In my quest in search for the true Richard III, I've found and read an article from Military History Monthly, December Issue: "Bosworth. What really happened? Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Literary Blog Hop - What Work of Literature Would You Recommend to Someone Who...

  

  This interesting, thought-provoking monthly blog hop is hosted at The Blue Bookcase . It's my second post in this regular event joining book bloggers and fond... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 BOOKS

• Elizabeth Darcy and Barbara Tiller Cole's Shopping Adventure

  

  Welcome to a new friend of My Jane Austen Book Club! Barbara Tiller Cole is the author of Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy and is my guest here today with a lovely... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Latest Giveaways - Winners of Jane Austen's Letters and Jane's Fame

  

  The giveaway of a copy of Claire Harman's Jane's Fame was offered by Vic Sanborn for our monthly event Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Celebration . Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What I've Been Watching - the Hour (2011)

  

  Don't ask me whether it is or not an imitation of Mad Men, nor if it is better or worse. I haven't seen the American series - I hardly ever watch American serie... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Jane Austen Made Me Do It - My Review

  

  Jane Austen Made Me Do It is a wonderful collection of Austenesque short stories and an illuminating example of how … union is strength. Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Teatime Ten at Emily Snyder's Blog - Fancy a Cup of Tea with Us?

  

  Emily Snyder is a director, writer, teacher who lives in Massachusetts, US. We all know how easy it is to make acquaintances and friends in the blogosphere,... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, MOVIES

• Author Guestpost: Amanda Grange - "colonel Brandon's Diary", Paperback Released...

  

  Amanda Grange was born in Yorkshire and spent her teenage years reading Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer whilst also finding time to study music at Nottingham... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• I've Seen It at the Cinema : Anonymous (2011). So Long as Man Can Breath Or...

  

  ... so long live Shakespeare's wonderful words ... whoever wrote them. After watching Roland Emmerich's intriguing Anonymous about the controversial question... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2011 BOOKS, MOVIES

• Definitely Not Mr Darcy by Karen Doornebos - My Review

  

  “Maybe you could mix e-mail and etiquette. Business and birdwatching. Nineteenth-century courtship and modern feminism The best of Austen and the worst of our... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• London. the Impressionists. Leondardo.

  

  Waldemar JanuszczakI was in London last summer when BBC2 broadcast a series of documentaries about the Impressionists. I couldn't watch them then but I took... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• G - Loyalty Binds Me: Author Christopher Rae Talks About His Novel of Richard Iii

  

  My guest today is Christopher Rae. I've asked him to answer some questions about his interest in Richard III Plantagenet and about the book he wrote about him: ... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SPOOKS Vs DOWNTON ABBEY - WHO WON THE MATCH IN THE END?

  

  Everybody knows the answer now: Just look at the figures... Anyway, I promised in one of my previous posts (HERE) that after watching both series, I'd tell you... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Literary Blog Hop - 3/6 November

  

  This monthly blog hop is hosted at The Blue Bookcase . I know it's close to its deadline but I've just discovered this event and found it so interesting that I... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Classics on Dvd - Tom Jones, a Foundling (bbc 1997)

  

  Never watching a classic period drama was more amusing. This one was brilliant. It was broadcast in 1997 first time and it is now available on DVD at a very... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 MOVIES

• Win p. d. James's Death at Pemberley - Video Author Interview

  

  In this video interview, recorded at the author's home in October 2011, P. D. James discusses her new novel, 'Death Comes to Pemberley', and her appreciation... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Spooks: When the Heroes Tread the Paths of Mortals - Farewell to My Favourite...

  

  I'm sure having a look all over this blog you'll think I'm one of the latest acolytes who joined Spooks fans just because Richard Armitage had been recruited... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 MOVIES