Alan Rickman as my favourite Col. Brandon from Sense & Sensibility 1995  I was looking for a quote about friendship just now when I...

This week I was on an introductory teacher training course and it was really interesting. Lots was discussed, including the historical view...

The ITV Mansfield Park 2007 from fanpop.com For quite a while now I have been thinking about the subject of "families" pa...

The Lefroy family crest A few days ago I viewed the movie "P.S. I Love You" with one of my favorite actors, Gerard Butler. ...

Part of the reason for our slow posting of last weeks quote was due to the fact that I was in Wales on a camping weekend. It was a spiritual...

I apologise for the lack of quote last weekend, we all have been very busy. Linda has provided the following:   Since my Granddaughte...

  There a new BBC production of Death Comes To Pemberley in the pipeline. It is said to be the Christmas drama and stars Matthew Rhys (T...

Kindly Linda has provided this weeks quote:   I recently ran across this Jane Austen Quiz which allows you determine which Jane Austen ...

The post this week has been inspired by our recent email contact with Mariana who has made some great observations based on reports about th...

Icha has unfortunately been unable to post her quote today so I am posting it for her after just returning from seeing Sense and Sensibilit...

In the UK this week we have had excellent weather and an abundance of strawberries. I was making an Eton Mess this afternoon and thought I w...

  Thomas Langlois Lefroy by George Engleheart I wish to quote the next sentence after the one posted about Tom concerning his 'f...

Darcy & Elizabeth in argument (PP 2005) My apologies of this week’s belated quote. I had some reflective moments on my own, a...

In the United Kingdom, there has been many reports suggesting that Jane Austen is to become the new face on the £10 notes. There has been ...

Icha has contacted me to say that she is suffering from fever and headache so I decided to pick an apt quote for her today. From Sense and S...

My quote for this week is taken from chapter 11 of Emma . "Mr. Elton must now be left to himself. It was no longer in Emma's powe...

A bust statue of the older Tom Lefroy This weekend on June 16, 2013 we have Father's Day once again here in the U.S., so I though...

A painting by R Sharples I have had the subject of "Ladies Fashions" on my mind for a few years now and it hit me that I sh...

I have reached a stage in my life where I am wondering how my life will pan out - I now don't have the naïve security of being young but...

It is indeed a fine wall of books, is it not?   Because I have a granddaughter who loves to read as I did when I was her age, it br...