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5 Jane Austen Sites – Tour and Tea

Being an avid reader and author of romantic comedy novels, naturally Jane Austen looms large among my heroes and inspirations, and that goes back a long way. As a teenager in the Nineties, when Jane’s work was enjoying a huge surge in popularity, my Sunday evenings were often spent in front of one of the many excellent television or film adaptations of her novels such as Andrew Davies’ Pride and Prejudice and Emma Thompson’s Sense and Sensibility.

From there, and it’s the wrong way round, I...

5 Jane Austen Sites – Tour & Tea

Being an avid reader and author of romantic comedy novels, naturally Jane Austen looms large among my heroes and inspirations, and that goes back a long way. As a teenager in the Nineties, when Jane’s work was enjoying a huge surge in popularity, my Sunday evenings were often spent in front of one of the many excellent television or film adaptations of her novels such as Andrew Davies’ Pride and Prejudice and Emma Thompson’s Sense and Sensibility.

From there, and it’s the wrong way round, I know, I began...

5 Romantic Novels of the Night

Romance doesn’t always play out against a backdrop of birds singing and flowers blooming, some of the most-loved romantic novels of all time make a powerful use of night-time. As a turning point, a metaphor or simply to create the most magical and mysterious atmosphere, the night is full of possibility for a writer of romantic novels. It’s a time when hopes, fears and regrets plague heroes and heroines, a time when the constraints and conventions of the day fall away, and a time when secrets...

5 Favourite Spots in Romantic Rome

Rome breathes romance from almost every stone, even the word ‘romance’ has its origins here, but it’s also a buzzing, hectic metropolis. With so much to see, you’ll want to take some time to slow down too, to linger and truly get swept up in the romantic mood.

Take a stroll away from the traffic, find some shade to cool down, enjoy the fabulous gelato, or simply stop, stare and wonder about all the layers of history, all the people who’ve gone before and who’ve seen what you’re seeing.

I’m sharing my 5 F...