austen – Rebecca E Brown

One of the greatest traditions my mother ever passed on to me is that of the ‘Sticky Bun Moment’, the

The first time I really met the Queen, she was in her bedroom. I must have been around 8, perhaps,

Before we go too far, a warning. In the words of Baz Luhrmann, ‘[nostalgia] is a way of fishing the

It’s around 1983, maybe 1984, and my goodness, my arms ache. I have been practicing my very first starring role

I’m huffing up the stairs, socks straggling and escaping from the jumble in my arms. Every two steps one piece

Today was a landmark day. Today, I finally returned to the lowest weight that I have recorded, the weight I

‘I am ill qualified to recommend myself to strangers…I have not the talent which some people possess,’ said Darcy, ‘of

A few months ago I developed sciatica, and I’ve had referral to a physiotherapist. I was there yesterday, as a

I know a LOT of people are writing blogs about Jane Austen and one or another of her books, and

I have recently started re-reading Pride and Prejudice, and one of the many wonderful things about this book is that

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