A sneak peek at a few of the Victorian (individually hand blown between 1840-1910ish) ‘penny’ ink bottle highlights for this evening’s batch of posy kits: The Blues: cobalt was used in the glass recipe to make these. I’ve lifted the deepest slightly so you can see that intense

Rereading Hallie Rubenhold's The Five yet again! 5⭐

The perfect view for writing the next section of my Dracula article ✍️ how claiming the earth can be a mark of power

#OTD in 1743 Anna Laetitia Barbauld was born. She was a renowned poet, children's author, shrewd editor, and an insightful essayist. Here are some of my very favourite quotes from 'On the Origins and Progress of Novel-Writing' a preface to the British Novelists (1810).

Possibly the most aesthetic edition of Mansfield Park I own 🌹

Have you ever heard of From Mansfield With Love? Running from 2014 to 2015, FMWL is the vlog style adaptation of Austen's Mansfield Park, and just like its source material, it's beautiful, engaging, and criminally underrated!

It's now under two weeks until the event of the summer kicks off ☀️ If you're coming to the Global Austen conference I'd love to know so I'll be able to recognise some friendly faces! #globalausten2025 #janeausten #janeaustenconference

My summer in Southampton included: walking the Jane Austen trail, a flying visit to Tudor House and Gardens, touring the Titanic exhibition at SeaCity, hiking through the Royal Country Park to see the famous Victorian Hospital that Arthur Conan Doyle's Dr Watson attended!

A All the Year Round throwback from July 2024! Inspired by some of the feedback that Oxford World Classics got as part of its 'Guess the title' for Women's History Month that year.

Throwback podcast short from August 2024! instagram.com/p/DM70PezN9Il/ Is Emma Woodhouse a BiCon? Is she giving Edmund Bertram vibes with Harriet Smith? Or are Emma and Harriet just fairweather gal pals?

Fashion icon, Miss Matty 💅

The ventilated corset, a solution to tropical living for the Victorian lady instagram.com/reel/DNBII_8Ih…

What's a siege got to do with Dracula? Everything. Siege's usually involve and end when the food and water run out and people are forced into survival cannibalism!

I need new podcasts! Bonus points if anyone manages to find one dedicated to Elizabeth Gaskell 👀