The loan of her furniture marks the start of a year of events to mark the writer's 250th birthday next year.

Jane Austen’s travelling desk to go on display in city she went to school

The author's cottage in Chawton is getting ready for the festive season 

Candlelit Christmas, Regency style, at Jane Austen's Hampshire home

The author lived at the house in Chawton, near Alton, for the final eight years of her life. 

An artist has been painting a mural to mark the debut of ITV's new drama 'Sanditon' based on writings by Jane Austen.

Fans of the novelist Jane Austen gathered in Winchester today to re-enact her funeral procession, exactly two hundred years ago today.

200 years since Jane Austen died, her popularity- and relevance - is as great as ever. Here's our report on Hampshire's commemorations 

The Bodleian Library in Oxford is celebrating World Book Day by showing off some of Jane Austen's sewing.