The Amateur Austenite

Mrs Jennings has the goss on Willoughby's intended, Colonel Brandon isn't happy about it like she thinks he should be

A distraught Marianne writes to Willoughby, he finally writes back but it's not right

Willoughby reappears to reveal himself to have been a deceitful cad the entire time

The Middletons arrive in London, as does Willoughby, and Colonel Brandon has something to conceal

Marianne's in London, desperate to hear from Willoughby. Elinor's there too.We wish Mrs Jennings were a witch so she could curse people and use modern dating terms to refer to Willoughby's behaviour: toxic, ghosting, love bombing

Mrs Jennings invites the Dashwood girls to London, Elinor accepts to save Mrs Jennings from Marianne (and Marianne from herself)

Elinor and Lucy politely argue over Edward

Elinor reels with the news of Edward's engagement to Lucy and is determined to learn more

It's the one you've been waiting for! The first showdown between Elinor and Lucy. Rachel reckons Lucy won this round.

The Miss Steeles burst onto the Barton scene and make waves.

Elinor is keen to learn all she can about Willoughby from Mrs Palmer, if only Mrs Palmer had any intelligence to share

As Barton Cottage loses Edward, the Palmers arrive at Barton Park

Marianne is Marianne and Edward has a ring

How much money is enough? What does the future hold?

While Marianne continues to pine for Willoughby, Edward appears unannounced to confuse Elinor's feelings

Marianne is crying, Willoughby is acting weird then disappears - what is going on? Emma wants to do an episode about dog breeds as characters

Elinor can't figure out if Willoughby has declared his love to Marianne, he has declared his love for the cottage.

Colonel Brandon's departure leads to some scandalous behaviour, but the rumour is, he's hiding scandals of his own.

It's pretty clear that Marianne loves Willoughby and there's speculation that Elinor loves someone who's name begins with F

Marianne and Willoughby shamelessly dance while Elinor plays disapproving wallflower with Colonel Brandon

We get to know Willoughby and learn he's not a fan of the ColonelTruth is violently outraged - get it on a notebook, cushion, tote bag, badge or magnetYou are endeavouring to disarm me by reason - get it on a card, cushion, poster, womens shirt or mens shirt (because apparently t-shirts are gendered).

Finally it seems like a real hero has arrived!

Colonel Brandon loves Marianne but does Edward love Elinor?

Dinner at Barton Park to meet Colonel Brandon and Mrs Jennings - both very old.

The Dashwood ladies arrive at Barton Cottage, Daisy makes a dash for it and Rachel has her eyes on Sir John

The Dashwood girls are leaving NorlandCorrection: Lucy’s uncle is at Longstaple near Plymouth I manage to trip Emma into putting on her doctors hat (but it is not medical advice)Agatha Christie has examples of random family members living with the people that have money

Everyone is watching Elinor and Edward very closely.Is Sir John the real hero of the novel? (or is he secretly Santa?)We also touch on how communication has gotten worse in the age of technology and hype the eatchoice app.

We are introduced to Edward who Marianne doesn't think is good enough for Elinor.

Fanny Dashwood emerges as a master negotiator - or is that manipulator?

Emma Dunning is back to discuss Sense & Sensibility with me. But don't worry! Rachel will be here every second week.Emma gives us definitions of sense, sensibility and sensible while attempting to keep me from discussing spoilers.

Rachel and I have done the hard work for you; we've watched all the adaptations and now we'll give you our ultimate casting for Emma.Think of it as a valentines present from us to you.I've also written a post on how I made my choices you can read it here. 

Not to be confused with the novel of this same name, this webseries was filmed and posted in 2013. It's about 5 hours long and appears to be set at a religious university. You can view it on YouTube

Easily digestible at about 2 hours run time this webseries is set at university again. It feels like it could almost be real people.You can watch it on YouTube

A wild collection of stories about Mrs Elton.

The queer Emma of our dreams...

I tell Rachel about the very polished Emma Approved webseries from the creators of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (and we beg for sponsorship)Watch the series on YouTube

A Mr Woodhouse who looks like Scrooge, a greying Mr Knightley, an older Emma and a Harriet who is actually prettier. This sound stage adaptation has a lot to offer.

We discuss Rachel's favourite Emma and announce we'll do a our favourite casting in future, plus there's a brief discussion of Spotify Wrapped.

The unsexy Andrew Davies adaptation with the exquisite Kate Beckinsale.

Rachel isn't a fan of the Gwyneth movie - she fell asleep twice!

Amanda joins us to discuss the 2020 adaptation of Emma. Excellent casting all around and we reiterate our desire for Miranda Hart to do a one woman show of every Austen.

Rachel tries to argue that Clueless isn't the best adaptation of Emma and fails to convince herself. With special guest Amanda.

Murder at Donwell Abbey features Emma Knightley (nee Woodhouse) playing detective to solve a murder that occurred at Donwell Abbey during the engagement party of Mr Woodhouse and Miss Bates.Author Vanessa Kelly joins me to discuss her earlier titles, the first book in this series (which you don't need to read before delving into this one) and her future plans.You can read the first chapter and pre-order your copy of Murder at Donwell Abbey on Vanessa's website.Release date: 25 November 2025

We discuss the script for Em and beg someone to stage itYou can access the script here: https://www.playmarket.org.nz/bookshop/playmarket-manuscripts/em

Join us to discuss a few Taylor Swift songs and how they related to Emma.As I love to do at the end of each season I bring my two special interests together and make Rachel join me.

Dr Alice Nagle of Austen After Dark and Fetch the Smelling Salts joins me to discuss what's going on behind closed bedroom doors in Emma

Austen ties up all the loose ends neatly

Harriet is engaged, Mr Woodhouse is a proud Grandpa. We discuss who we'd rather date - Knightley or Frank.Plus there's a new t-shirt!

Mrs Weston has her baby and Mr Woodhouse is babied

Mrs Elton is eager to spill the tea and show her superiority