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VisitEngland has declared 2017 to be the “Year of Literary Heroes”, in recognition of the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death and 20 years since the first Harry Potter book, to name just two milestone events Jane Austen Image (c) Jane Austen 2...

Jane Austen is a pretty woman, with curly brown hair hidden under a rather dowdy mobcap, brown eyes, the long, straight, “Austen” nose, and a clear, rosy complexion. She looks friendly, clever, bright, like what you’d think Jane Austen would look like...

From Mexico to Malta, northern lights to sunny skies, these places are doing Christmas better than the rest this year. Malta Visiting presepju, or nativity scenes, is an integral part of Christmas in Malta. Every year, residents proudly open their...

You know the expression ‘This town’s not big enough for the both of us’? I’d heard of it but, to be honest, apart from associating it with cheesy Westerns, I’d never given it much thought. However, that changed on a recent trip to England when my husband...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every man in want of a wife should take his girlfriend on a weekend away. So wrote Jane Austen and Bridget Jones… or words to that effect, at least. And with 2017 marking the 200th anniversary of Austen’s...