It's the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen, the immortal author of works such as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, among others. Across the United Kingdom, the cities where Miss Austen spent part of her short life (Bath and Winchester, for example) have dedicated all of 2025 to organizing events in her honour

It is a truth universally acknowledged that on September 24, 1995, the BBC began broadcasting a six-part miniseries based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. And since then, in the minds of many, Mr Darcy has a specific identity and wears a damp white shirt when he emerges from the lake.