Deborah YaffeApr 4Statue warsThe controversy over Winchester Cathedral’s proposed Jane Austen statue is truly the gift that keeps on giving, at least for those of us...
Deborah YaffeMar 14Say cheeseAs an Anglophile happily married to a Brit, I say this with love: Sometimes the English are just so adorably, hilariously. . . English ....
Deborah YaffeMar 4Head of the tableA playful and intriguing work of decorative art is now on permanent public display in England. And it’s got a Jane Austen angle! I am...
Deborah YaffeDec 14, 2023Bronzing Jane, againExactly five years ago, Winchester Cathedral proposed erecting a statue of Jane Austen in the Cathedral Close, in tribute to the most...
Deborah YaffeMay 23, 2022Many happy returnsThe return of spring brings many pleasures. Flowers! Baby birds! And, of course, a new Jane Austen bobblehead! Back in 2020, the North...
Deborah YaffeDec 2, 2021Jane and the feathered friendJane Austen assuredly never saw a penguin: According to the Zoological Society of London, it wasn’t until 1865, nearly fifty years after...
Deborah YaffeAug 2, 2021Another side of AustenJane Austen’s silhouette – or, at least, a silhouette that has come to be identified with her – is ubiquitous. Despite its uncertain...
Deborah YaffeApr 8, 2021All the JanesJaneites have a curious affinity for images of Our Author – even though, as I’ve noted before, we’ll never really know what she looked...
Deborah YaffeJun 1, 2020Jane Austen's new lookThese days, the internet is awash in posts purporting to explain why social distancing in the Time of Coronavirus is amusingly or...