Deborah YaffeAug 12ApprovedIt’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 YaffeAug 1Woman of WinchesterDust off those selfie sticks, Janeites: Winchester Cathedral is moving ahead with its controversial plan to place a statue of Jane Austen...
Deborah YaffeMar 14Say cheeseAs an Anglophile happily married to a Brit, I say this with love: Sometimes the English are just so adorably, hilariously. . . English ....
Deborah YaffeDec 14, 2023Bronzing Jane, againExactly five years ago, Winchester Cathedral proposed erecting a statue of Jane Austen in the Cathedral Close, in tribute to the most...
Deborah YaffeNov 19, 2020Mother of controversySome years ago – six? Ten? – I stumbled across a mention of an intriguing campaign to raise money for a statue of Mary Wollstonecraft, to...
Deborah YaffeFeb 28, 2019Enough alreadyIs it possible to have too much Jane Austen? Apparently, the good citizens of Winchester, England, think it is. Last fall, Winchester...
Deborah YaffeDec 20, 2018An embarrassment of Austen statuesEighteen months ago, not a single statue of Jane Austen was on public display anywhere in the world. And now, it appears, we will soon...
