Pride and Prejudice & Emojis

Based on the classic book series designed by Edward Young in 1935 designer Tony Davis has created a unique collection of Penguin porcelain mugs and espresso cups…..

Take a turn about the room with this tote bag inspired by Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice, the author’s most popular novel and a sparklingly witty comedy of manners. Product Information: 100% cotton with metal popper closure Hand wash only 345mm height x 300mm width x 55mm depth. Handles 25mm x 700mm 160g weight […]

This is the first book to explain the genesis and cultural significance of emoji, the world’s cutest and most popular form of shorthand. If you have a Twitter account or regularly send text messages, it’s highly likely that you’ve used or received emoji. These characters include symbols and pictograms that represent a host of everyday […]

Writers’ relationships with their surroundings are seldom straightforward. While some, like Jane Austen and Thomas Mann, wrote novels set where they were staying (Lyme Regis and Venice respectively), Victor Hugo penned Les Misérables in an attic in Guernsey and Noël Coward wrote that most English of plays, Blithe Spirit, in the Welsh holiday village of […]