National Gallery Conference: Knowing 'as much of art as the cat': 19th-century women writers on the Old Masters John Ruskin infamously dismissed the art historian Anna Jameson as knowing ‘as much of art as the cat’. However, in recent years [...]
Making a difference: Impact Report 2014-16
One of the main aims of our plan to reimagine Jane Austen's 'Great House' is to increase and widen the impact of our charity. To take stock on our impact so far, we have produced an Impact Report for 2014-2016. [...]
The Godmersham Lost Sheep Society
‘I am now alone in the library, Mistress of all I survey’ Jane Austen, letter from Godmersham Park, 1813 It’s #NationalLibrariesWeek, and a good time for us to remind our friends and supporters that Chawton House Library provides a [...]
Jane Austen in Paradise
At the 2017 JASNA AGM in Huntington Beach, Gillian Dow gave the opening plenary lecture. In it, she discussed Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘Jane’s Marriage’, written c. 1922, in which Kipling accompanies Austen to paradise, sees her welcomed into an [...]
The Bank of Jane Austen
Welcome back to Chawton House Library Conversations: October Podcast. First launched on Sunday 8 March 2015 while celebrating International Women’s Day, our monthly podcast is a round up of news, events and highlights, helping you stay connected with Chawton House [...]
An update on one of our horses: Speedy
Many of our supporters will know the sad news that we recently bid farewell to our four heavy horses. Although it was sad to see them go, is has been heartening to know that they have all gone to [...]
Tales from the garden: September
Monthly garden update: September Garden Manager Andrew Bentley tells us about the latest garden happenings as we come to the end of September. “Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks bliss to [...]
The Great Knight Bakeoff… fail
Spurred on by the abundance of apples in our Walled Garden, one of our staff decided to try a recipe from the Knight Family Cookbook. Here are the results... It all began so well, apple scrumping in Walled Garden [...]
Award Success for Chawton House Library
Sandford Award 2017 For the third time Chawton House Library has won a Sandford Award for Heritage Education. This prestigious prize is awarded once every five years, and celebrates education programmes at heritage sites across Britain. Judge Caroline Marcus was [...]
Temperatures soar in the garden
Welcome back to Chawton House Library Conversations: September Podcast. First launched on Sunday 8 March 2015 while celebrating International Women’s Day, our monthly podcast is a round up of news, events and highlights, helping you stay connected with Chawton House [...]