Mrs Bennet, I’m sure this character never had so much life breathed in to her as when Alison Steadman’s played her; she was so shrill, so annoying but utterly wonderful and I’m glad that she continued to work in period dramas after this, her first performance in this genre. Here we see her wearing... 

Of course no discussion of Pride and Prejudice would be complete without a mention of our heroine, Lizzie: Everywhere in the BBC adaptation she seems to be wearing this very simple cross, even on her wedding day: Mr Charles Bingley, Miss Jane Bennet, Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy and Miss Elizabeth Bennet In my interpretation... 

Pride and Prejudice Jewellery Part VI – The Real Regency Period Jewellery Diana Scarisbrick has written a number of books on jewellery. I have one of her books, “Jewellery in Britain, 1066-1837“, a heavy and serious-looking hardback which I confess I haven’t read from cover to cover but... 

What a wonderful character Mrs. Gardiner is- so sensible, dignified but warm, gracious and kind also. She’s one of my favourite characters in the book and I love Joanna David’s effortlessly wonderful performance. We see her here at a soirée with a rather complicated-looking necklace and some graduated... 

Lady Catherine de Bourgh is a very wealthy but incredibly bad mannered character from Pride and Prejudice. In the BBC adaptation her home and gardens are so wonderfully over the top- teetering on the edge between impressive and vulgar. Here we see her in her self-appointed throne-like chair: I haven’t been... 

Next up is the impeccably mannered Miss Charlotte Lucas, best friend of Lizzie and wife of Mr Collins (Jane Austen succinctly demonstrates the economic realities women of that era had to face). We see her here with a plain string of pearls: Well I obviously couldn’t just string some pearls and leave it at... 

I recently re-watched all six parts of the fantastic BBC dramatisation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Along the way I captured screenshots of the lovely jewellery and put them in my Picasa Album. I thought it would be fun to “re-invent” some of the pieces, or if you like, use them as inspiration. So... 

It seems that April has its fair share of birthdays! Thursday was Paula’s turn, she’s a super-charged tornado of energy, an ex-athlete who used to compete at international level (for Spain) and who speaks with as much energy and speed as does everything else. (For a foreigner like me she can be tough... 

I have some basic tools like pliers, files, a saw, and hammers. I like hammers. One time in a friend’s back garden they let me chop wood with an enormous axe…it was an amazing feeling. The axe was heavy and smooth, and once I got into a rhythm of swinging the axe up and letting it fall and seeing the... 

I recently cleared my desk, well it’s an ongoing battle I have with myself and recently I have been making more of an effort to be more tidy because I find when I have a desk I can actually see, the creative process feels easier- perhaps there is something in that Feng Shui stuff after all…? Anyway,...