What Would Jane Do? Podcast
1) Season 5 Ep 6 What Would Jane Do...about casting Pride and Prejudice?
Waking up to news of the casting of Netflix Pride and Prejudice? We've done a breakdown on our podcast What would Jane Do? of the new cast and what we might expect. We think it could be a great additi...Show More
2) Season 5 Ep. 6 What would Jane do about Romanticism?
Have you ever wondered why Jane Austen isn't counted among the Romantics of her era when she is now known now as the most romantic of writers? Julia and Katy take a deep dive into what Romantism was (...Show More
3) Season 5 Ep 5: What would Jane do...about duels?
Pistols at dawn? What would (and did) Jane Austen do about the practice of settling disputes with duels? Julia Golding and Kate Macfarlane romp through the history and laws of duelling, examine the fa...Show More
4) Season 5 Ep 4: What would Jane do about Crime and Punishment?
What would Jane do about crime and punishment? In this episode we delve into the history of crime and punishment in Jane Austen's era, discussing topics such as duelling, the lack of centralised law e...Show More
5) Season 5 Ep. 3 WWJD...about Lady Whistledown? (inc. Bridgerton Season 3 review)
What did you think of Bridgerton Season 3? Julia Golding and Kate Macfarlane review the latest season but also put Lady Whistledown through her paces. They look at the real Lady Whistledown and the pl...Show More
Season 5 Ep. 3 WWJD...about Lady Whistledown? (inc. Bridgerton Season 3 review)
49:13 | Jul 9th, 2024
6) Season 5 Ep. 2 - What would Jane do...about the Hell Fire Club and other Secret Societies?
Julia Golding has been delving into the scandalous world of the Hell Fire Club for her new novel. This was a secret society that emerged out of the 18th century and had new admirers such as Jane'...Show More
7) Season 5 Ep. 1 - What would Jane do...about Mr Darcy's Wet Shirt?
In a world exclusive the What would Jane do? team interview the person who bought that shirt - yes, you can meet the person who won the auction and find out the plans for it going forward. In the same...Show More
8) Season3 Ep. 13 What would Jane Do...about AI?
In our seasonal round up of the year we take Jane Austen to confront that theme of the year - artificial intelligence. What are the parallels in her era? Would she embrace change or hate it? Learn abo...Show More
9) Jane Austen 'Who do you think you are?' - meet her fifth great-niece, Caroline Knight
What would Jane do about 'Who do you think you are?'Today we have a very special guest, Caroline Jane Knight, descendent of Jane Austen's brother Edward. Caroline devotes much of her ti...Show More
10) Season 3 Ep.10 Jane Austen and First Impressions
On the 210th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, Julia and Kate discuss first impressions (also the first title of P&P). We run through how first impressions were created in Regency...Show More