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Online access to the 2024 British Science Week Programme at Chawton House: Ladies of Science. Many pioneering women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made inroads in botany, geology, mathematics, astronomy, palaeontology, and other disciplines, both disseminating scientific knowledge to others, but also making extraordinary discoveries against considerable odds. This programme explores five of these scientific women, whose work can be found in the Chawton House collection. -
Online access to an exclusive interview with legendary screenwriter Andrew Davies. In this engaging conversation with writer Caroline Malcolm-Boulton, Andrew Davies reflects on his iconic adaptations of Jane Austen, including Pride and Prejudice (1995), Emma (1996), Sense and Sensibility (2008), and Sanditon (2019), discussing his enduring relationship with Austen’s work throughout his prolific career. -
'The Holly Tree' is a beautiful illustration by Elizabeth Blackwell, taken from A Curious Herbal, one of our treasures here at Chawton House. A5 Christmas card and white envelope. -
Dr Kim Simpson looks at the meaning of gothic literature, and the women writers who pioneered the genre. -
Read this fascinating account of Jane Austen's fifth Great niece and her experience of growing up at Chawton House. -
Chawton House's digital magazine The Female Spectator vol 5, no. 3. -
Chawton House's magazine The Female Spectator returns, in a new digital format.
