To mark the 250th anniversary of her birth, we look into the life of this literary genius…

A NEW WAVE OF ADAPTATIONS PROVES THAT WE CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF ON-SCREEN AUSTEN

It’s a truth universally acknowledged more than 250 years later – and we’re as obsessed with the author as ever

DIARY By Jonathan Wright and Danny Bird HISTORY COOKBOOK Tomato soup cake CITIES Marrakech, Morocco Few places are more synonymous with Jane Austen than Bath – though it’s fair to say that she had mix

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