To coincide with the opening of 8 College Street (the house where Jane Austen died) we are delighted to welcome the author and broadcaster Professor Fiona Stafford. 

Fiona is professor of English at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy.  She has written a critical biography,  Jane Austen: A Brief Life, and edited Emma for Penguin and Pride and Prejudice for Oxford World's Classics.  She also appeared on Radio 4's In Our Time, discussing Persuasion.  Other recent books include: Time and Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape; Byron's Travels; The Brief Life of Flowers and The Long, Long Life of Trees.  Recent work for radio includes The Volcanic Verses; The Story of Puddings.