Deborah YaffeFeb 23, 2017And another one bites the dustI clearly don’t have much of a future as a soothsayer. Back in December, I predicted that it could take many, many months for lucky Brits...
Deborah YaffeFeb 6, 2017Money money moneyIt’s been an entire month since I last mentioned Jane Austen and British currency in the same breath, so clearly it’s time for an update...
Deborah YaffeJan 5, 2017Two down. . .For the past month, I have attempted to cultivate an air of studied indifference to the story of the Priceless Fivers – the four British...
Deborah YaffeDec 22, 2016Jane Austen, citizen of the worldJane Austen is often seen as quintessentially English, in her portraits of a rural middle-class life dominated by the gentry and the...
Deborah YaffeDec 16, 2016I spoke too soon!Just yesterday, I was expressing skepticism about whether the famous, allegedly valuable Jane Austen £5 notes would turn up any time...
Deborah YaffeDec 15, 2016Golden Tickets on the looseIt’s been nearly two weeks already, but the British press cannot get enough of the Jane-Austen-meets-Roald-Dahl story of the specially...
Deborah YaffeDec 5, 2016Oompa-LoompaSomeday very soon, a lucky Brit will turn a crisp new £5 note to the light, just so, and something unexpected will appear: A tiny...
Deborah YaffeNov 3, 2016Cooking with JaneHere’s another item to add to the list of contemporary cultural phenomena that have now been given a Jane Austen twist: TV reality...
Deborah YaffeOct 31, 2016Janeite trick-or-treatingIn her novels and letters, Jane Austen does not mention Halloween, whose modern-day form – costumes, trick-or-treating, ghouls, pumpkins...