Lacock, Meryton and Pride and Prejudice!

Pictures from Lacock – the pretty, typically English village that has been used so many times in Jane Austen adaptations. I thought I’d show you some of the less familiar scenes away from the main street. Lacock has been used in many BBC productions and films – when I visited, the locals in the teashop [...]

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Pride and Prejudice 1995 – Lacock location

Whilst staying in Bath I took a little trip out to Lacock, the village where so many of our favourite adaptations have been filmed. Most memorable, of course, was the 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. I’ve been to Lacock many times, but I thought you might be interested [...]

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Elizabeth Bennet, Aunt Phillips and the joys of a good gossip!

Lydia Bennet’s Online Diary.At this time of the year I always read Pride and Prejudice and I thought it would be fun to see what Lydia is thinking about all the goings on at Longbourn. Lydia’s online diary starts just before Mr Bingley arrives and finishes where my novel, Lydia Bennet’s Story, begins.This is a [...]

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Elizabeth Bennet, Aunt Phillips and the joys of a good gossip!

Lydia Bennet’s Online Diary.At this time of the year I always read Pride and Prejudice and I thought it would be fun to see what Lydia is thinking about all the goings on at Longbourn. Lydia’s online diary starts just before Mr Bingley arrives and finishes where my novel, Lydia Bennet’s Story, begins.Monday, October 12th, [...]

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Lydia Letters

New letters have just been discovered giving evidence of a correspondence between our lovely Miss Lydia and what appears to be a close acquaintance, Miss Lucy. The first must have been sent just at the time two certain gentlemen, a Mr Bingley and his friend Mr Darcy, were visiting Meryton. My dearest Lydia, La, it [...]

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Lydia Letters

New letters have just been discovered giving evidence of a correspondence between our lovely Miss Lydia and what appears to be a close acquaintance, Miss Lucy. The first must have been sent just at the time two certain gentlemen, a Mr Bingley and his friend Mr Darcy, were visiting Meryton. My dearest Lydia, La, it [...]

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