Deborah YaffeMar 23, 2016Color to winWhen I was ten years old, or thereabouts, I won a coloring contest sponsored by the local bus company. Since my artistic ability was –...
Deborah YaffeSep 30, 2015Quenching that insatiable desireSometimes a headline seems to speak directly to you, as if written not by an anonymous stranger but by a friend with intimate knowledge...
Deborah YaffeDec 15, 2014Another Jane Austen DayTomorrow is December 16–for some, just another Tuesday in late fall; for others, Beethoven’s birthday; and for Janeites, of course, the...
Deborah YaffeNov 17, 2014Nice or naff? You decide“Fierce divisions have broken out among the Guardian books team as to whether this video, bringing a statue of Jane Austen to life, is...
Deborah YaffeSep 10, 2014Another brick in the wallWas it just last month that I was pointing out the folly of banging my head against the brick wall of inaccurate Austen quotation? Yes,...
Deborah YaffeJul 13, 2014Waxing JaneThe biggest news in the Janeite world last week was the unveiling of a new waxwork of Our Jane at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath,...
