Have endless creative fun! This kit is packed with activities and interesting facts, so you can put on all sorts of imaginative and wonderful performances for all the family to enjoy.
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This lively 'potted' history of gardening in Britain takes us on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for ornamental grasses and 'outdoor rooms' today. It tracks down the ordinary folk who worked the earth - the apprentice boys and weeding women, the florists and nursery gardeners - as well as aristocrats and grand designers and famous plant-hunters. -
The expertise, toil and creativity of women gardeners throughout the last century is celebrated in this comprehensive anthology, featuring outstanding horticultural writing and illustrated throughout by photographs and paintings of the gardens and gardeners. A treat for any garden enthusiast! -
Learn more about your favourite feathered friends with this fun and interactive book. Perfect Christmas gift for the kids! -
Perhaps a gift for someone special or something to keep you occupied during the cosy winter months. -
Explore the houses open to the public that were once home to some of the finest writers and musicians in Britain and Ireland. This Illustrated map shows where to find the birthplaces, lifelong residences or retreats where artists found peace and inspiration.
NB: This is a fold out Map.
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Sail the seven seas like Ann Bonny and Mary Read in your own pirate blow boats! Battle for treasure with a game of noughts and crossbones! Perfect stocking filler! -
Chawton House's digital magazine The Female Spectator vol 5, no. 2. -
This is a beautiful and moving novel written by Janet Todd, a novelist and internationally renowned scholar, known especially for her biographies of women writers such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, and Aphra Behn. -
Chawton House's digital magazine The Female Spectator vol 5, no. 1. -
A heartbreaking and uplifting novel of hope, loss and love. -
Online access to our digital storytelling performance: The Old Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Gaskell. Instructions will be sent you in your Chawton House Shop purchase confirmation email. -
Chawton House's magazine The Female Spectator returns, in a new digital format. -
Greeting card of Chawton House, painted by local Alton artist Pam Jones. -
The Watsons by Jane Austen & Rose Servitova is the tale of four sisters as they seek security, love and happiness in a world where the most important decisions affecting their lives, are not always theirs to make. It is a book about relationships, freedom and personal empowerment.
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Dr Kim Simpson looks at the meaning of gothic literature, and the women writers who pioneered the genre. -
Online access to our gothic month pre-recorded talk: Of False Hair, Bolstered Hips and Witchcraft: The Act of Parliament that Never Was. Instructions will be sent you in your Chawton House Shop purchase confirmation email. -
Austen abridged for all ages, these Baker Street Readers editions retell the world's greatest classic stories.
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Austen abridged for all ages, these Baker Street Readers editions retell the world's greatest classic stories.
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Austen abridged for all ages, these Baker Street Readers editions retell the world's greatest classic stories.