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Journalist and author
The Line of Thought
. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.
--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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R.I.P. Quackers
Let me say up front that I understand that the death of a beloved pet—like the death of a newborn baby --is no laughing matter. And yet,...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 9, 2024
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Approved
It’s coming up on chain-yourself-to-the-bulldozers time for the vocal—but possibly small—band of folks opposed to the erection of a Jane...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 12, 2024
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Woman of Winchester
Dust off those selfie sticks, Janeites: Winchester Cathedral is moving ahead with its controversial plan to place a statue of Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 1, 2024
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A stitch in time
The complaints about Winchester Cathedral’s proposed Jane Austen statue have quieted down lately, or so I conclude from the silence of my...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 25, 2024
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Endangered Dolphin, Part II
The moral seems clear: Bonnets are no match for the brutal imperatives of capitalism.  It’s been five months since the owners of a...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 15, 2024
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Making it up as you go along
I love the way the internet just makes stuff up. Kidding! I hate the way the internet just makes stuff up—not least when the stuff it...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 24, 2024
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Endangered Dolphin
In December 1793, during a visit to cousins in the Hampshire city of Southampton, the soon-to-turn-eighteen-year-old Jane Austen danced...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 20, 2024
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Wondering about Alice
Chawton House, the Elizabethan mansion once owned by Jane Austen’s older brother Edward, has worked hard to transform itself from a...
Deborah Yaffe
May 27, 2024
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Embroidering Chawton
The last time I completed a significant piece of needlework (see below) was during the early months of pandemic quarantine, when being...
Deborah Yaffe
May 2, 2024
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Not In Jane's Backyard, Part II
Jane Austen died without finishing Sanditon , her novel about a developer trying to turn a sleepy small town into a bustling seaside...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 15, 2024
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Statue wars
The controversy over Winchester Cathedral’s proposed Jane Austen statue is truly the gift that keeps on giving, at least for those of us...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 4, 2024
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Questionable inspiration?
It’s always sad when a fire severely damages a family home, and even more so when the building itself has historic or architectural...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 25, 2024
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