Jane Austen

Facebook's Carrot of Damocles

broadstuff.com     14 hrs ago          

It would appear that Facebookers are now selling off shares in the company - not the employees, they only get their shot later - but the senior management - according to an article from Businessweek (link thanks to Valleywag)....                    

Brideshead Revisited

christianitytoday.com     14 hrs ago          

• Shine a Light • Shutter • Step Up 2 the Streets The person in front of you at the theater is texting on a cell phone during a movie. ), Emma Thompson (Lady Marchmain), Michael Gambon (Lord Marchmain) Related: • Talk About...                    

Jane Austen Moleskine Notebooks back in stock

austenblog.com     15 hrs ago          

We blogged about these a while back, but they quickly sold out. Paper Menagerie’s Etsy shop now has Moleskine journals with covers featuring the Jane Austen silhouette screenprinted onto kraft paper. If that doesn’t quite float...                    

Women's Lit Newsletter

bellaonline.com     yesterday          

If you don’t want to miss the latest updates on women’s lit, sign up for my weekly newsletter, which will let you know when the latest articles have been added, action on the forum and what is happening around Bella Online. To...                    

ITV considers handing back its public service licence as profits drop by a third

dailymail.co.uk     yesterday   28 related          

Big budget drama and high profile talent deals are in jeopardy at ITV after the company saw profits slump by close to a third in the past year. Executive chairman Michael Grade warned the £1bn programme budget would be reduced...                    

Winning Women

blogher.com     yesterday   10 related          

Whoever wins women this year may win the White House. Hillary voters are pivotal--are they still disaffected by the perceived sexism of the MSM and the Obama campaign? Barack sends out Michelle, who lately described her husband...                    

Pride and Prejudice on stage in Texas

austenblog.com     Aug 5, 2008          

The Greater Lewisville Community Theatre will stage a production of Pride and Prejudice on February 13-March 1, 2009. We have to admit to a chuckle from the description of the play. We borrow from the world of classic...                    

The Jane Austen Hook Club: Obama As Mr. Darcy? [A Woman Of Mean Understanding]

gawker.com     Aug 4, 2008   3 related          

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Maureen Dowd loves writing absurd, gimmicky, cutesy op-eds. But yesterday's "Mr. Darcy Comes Courting" is, even by Maureen Dowd's absurd, gimmicky, cutesy standards, ludicrous. Dowd's...                    

Greater Lewisville Community Theatre reveals 2008-2009 season

pegasusnews.com     Aug 4, 2008          

Greater Lewisville Community Theatre will be looking at love and it's consequences in next season's productions, following the old "Something old, something new,..." poem brides recite. Last season, GLCT's presentation of this...                    

A conversation with Amanda Grange

austenblog.com     Aug 4, 2008          

Amanda Grange is the author of a series of retellings of Jane Austen’s novels written from the hero’s point of view: (Mr.) Darcy’s Diary, Mr. Knightley’s Diary, Captain Wentworth’s Diary, Edmund Bertram’s Diary, and Colonel...                    

1 2 3 4 5 next »