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Colm Tóibín on Persuasion, the Navy, and a special letter—When I Met Jane Austen
9/10 Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Colm Tóibín.
Marlon James on villains and Georgians—When I Met Jane Austen
8/10 Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Marlon James.
Gurinder Chadha on class, cleverness and Pride and Prejudice—When I Met Jane Austen
7/10 Writers and artists tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Gurinder Chadha.
Amy Heckerling on confidence, Clueless and Emma—When I Met Jane Austen
6/10 Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Amy Heckerling.
Andrew Davies on Darcy, Darwin and Desire—When I Met Jane Austen
5/10 Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Andrew Davies
Kate Atkinson on morals, meaning and Mansfield Park—When I Met Jane Austen
4/10 Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Kate Atkinson.
Val McDermid on suspense and psychology in Northanger Abbey—When I Met Jane Austen
3/10 Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Val McDermid.
Katherine Rundell on Austen's teenage writings—When I Met Jane Austen
2/10 Well-known writers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Katherine Rundell
David Baddiel on the invention of the modern novel—When I Met Jane Austen
1/10 Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. First, David Baddiel.
Doomscrolling—The Poetry Detective
Vanessa Kisuule unearths poems that offer insight into the issues we're all wrestling with
