The latest issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine, May/June 2012 (No. 57), has been published. In this issue:

• Mozart’s Sister: a stunning new film tells of the talented musician eclipsed by a famous brother
• Oops, I did it again: drink, drugs, sex and gambling… lax morals prevailed in Georgian England
• Taking a tour around Steventon, birthplace of Jane Austen
• Rage against the machine: how the Luddites sought to protect their jobs and their families
• Exploring the character of Elizabeth Bennet

Plus all the latest news from the world of Jane Austen, your letters, round-ups from the Jane Austen Society of the UK and the Jane Austen Society of North America, book reviews and quiz.

And an extra note from the publisher:

STOP PRESS… Watch out for our NEW website and BREAKING NEWS pages – coming soon to www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk!

In general the magazine is not available at newsstands, except at the JA Centre in Bath, but if you subscribe within the next month or so, you will probably receive this issue. Tell them the Editrix sent you!