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Fancy Dress Balls…. Filed under: Uncategorized

Morris Men performing their old dances….a typical feature of many a Christmas and New Year’s Celebration even now. Filed under: Uncategorized

Sweet (?) singing in the choir…..and exchanging Christmas Greetings after divine service. Filed under: Uncategorized

Shy children…..looking angelic… And more mistletoe problems, this time in the parish church. Filed under: Uncategorized

Mistletoe perils…. Lovesick maidens…….. Filed under: Christmas at Bracebridge Hall, Jane Austen, Jane Austen and Christmas Tagged: Jane Austen, Jane Austen and Christmas

Its Christmas Eve, the carols are being sung and the mince pies are baked…the house is full and so its time to say Goodbye for a while and  to Wish You All a Merry Christmas. There will be no more new AustenOnly posts till New Year’s Eve, but to entertain you during the Christmas Break [...]

This is the final part of my series of posts on a Christmas visit to Jane Austen’s House, her beloved Chawton Home. We have already seen inside, downstairs and upstairs and so now let have a look at the garden in winter and the outbuildings. This is the view of the rear of the house. You [...]

Some events at the Foundling Museum have just been announced, and as they are being held in conjunction with the famed Threads of Feeling exhibition, I thought you might like to know about them. First, a talk on the subject of Bonds of Love and Affection at the London Foundling Hospital in the Eighteenth-century by [...]

This review appeared in the Sunday Telegraph magazine and was copiously and beautifully illustrated. Sadly,  during its transition to the web version of the newspaper the article has been denuded of many of its wonderful illustrations of  the tokens, but I link it here for you to read in any case. Filed under: Emma, Foundling [...]