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  • Festival Director in wigWith a Flourish!
    Killer Bees and Jane Austen make their mark on Women's day In the church of St Michael's Without, from 10am to 6pm yesterday, works by 100 women were read out by volunteers ...  A passage from "Pride and Prejudice" was recited with a fine flourish by...



  • Caroline SmailesJane Austen Centre on TV - again
    Caroline Smailes at book launchHow will it all end? Take a look at this BBC Breakfast news item. Caroline Smailes, has a new novel which offers readers a variety of different endings - 11 in all. The item is supported by a visit to The Jane Austen ...



  • Martin SalterHe's in the news again
    Martin Salter our Meeter/Greeter gets on the TV again with presenter Amanda Vickery. Take a look.



  • Martin SalterMartin on the television
    We knew it would happen. Our Meeter/Greeter Martin Salter has been recognised as England's most photographed man.



  • soldiers at the Jane Austen Festival PromenadeThe Festival starts with a splash!
    Wow, what a start. Despite a bit of rain the promenaders turned out in their finery to celebrate the start of the Jane Austen Festival. Click here to go to the full story from the Bath Chronicle.



  • MiriamMiriam O'Reilly our 2009 Cover Girl
    Miriam O'Reilly spent a day with the Jane Austen Festival in 2008 and the results of the filming were shown on Countryfile later in the year. The programme has since been repeated several times and it is due to Miriam's superb reporting that at...



  • LovelyRegency Ball June 2010
    The Jane Austen Festival in Bath is ten years old and to celebrate this milestone we held a Regency Costumed Ball in The Guildhall on Saturday 19th June 2010 Pre-Ball Dance Workshop in the afternoon To get us in the mood we held a dance workshop i...



  • guinnessrecordletGuinness World Record
    It's official! The largest gathering of people dressed in Regency costumes was achieved by 409 participants, for the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, UK, on 19 September 2009 The previous record stood at 200 people and on a beautiful sunny day in Sep...



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