It’s the Georgian era but make it gilded because we’re talking all things queer in Jane Austen’s world with Dr Anthony Delaney! He wrote a book and now he’s going to lay some historical knowledge on us, but he promises to be gentle.

Were same-sex attraction and gender non-conformity totally hidden away in the Georgian period?

Did history’s favourite lesbian couple have their own Austen-esque story in Ireland?

How much did Jane Austen know about queerness, and did it show up in her writing?

Queer Georgians is available 4 September 2025 (Queer Enlightenments in North America, 7 October)

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Season 1

Queer Georgians with Dr Anthony Delaney

Lady Susan with Em and Lauren from Reclaiming Jane

Persuasion with Ashling Sugrue

Northanger Abbey with Kim from Fetch the Smelling Salts