Brussels to name public square after Brontë sisters
Tribute is part of ‘feminisation’ of public places in city, where two sisters studied FrenchA square in Brussels will be named after the Brontë sisters, the first tribute of its kind in the Belgian...
View ArticleTS Eliot estate steps in to help Brontë Parsonage Museum rescue appeal
A £20,000 donation has been made on behalf of the late poet to help preserve the historic home of the sibling novelistsThe estate of TS Eliot has stepped in to shore up the Brontë Parsonage with a...
View Article'Let me in – let me in!' Wuthering Heights house for sale at £1m
Ponden Hall, thought to have inspired the famous ghost scene in Emily Brontë’s novel, is on the marketA scratching on a window pane, the fingers of a small ice-cold hand, a melancholy voice begging to...
View ArticleTop 10 books about revenge | Jonas Jonasson
From Alexandre Dumas to Ian McEwan, writers serve up a dish that’s best prepared only in imaginationIn the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Then he added man. Maybe he wouldn’t have if...
View ArticleEmily Brontë’s handwritten poems are highlight of ‘lost library’ auction
Collection of rare books and manuscripts first assembled by Charlotte Brontë’s widower has been out of public view for nearly a centuryAn “incredibly rare” handwritten manuscript of Emily Brontë’s...
View Article‘Priceless’ Brontë manuscripts could be lost to private buyer, warn experts
Historic holdings including handwritten poems by Emily Brontë are set to be auctioned by Sotheby’s, but MPs are being urged to save them for the publicThe Brontë Society is calling for immediate...
View ArticleUK libraries and museums unite to save ‘astonishing’ lost library from...
Friends of the National Libraries launch ‘once in a generation’ effort to raise £15m to buy the Honresfield library, packed with works by Brontë sisters, Jane Austen and Walter ScottFrom the British...
View ArticleWalking the Invisible by Michael Stewart review – following in the Brontës’...
A walking tour of the north of England becomes a celebration of the Brontës’ work and a love letter to the wily, windy places that inspired them I walked recently through the North York Moors national...
View Article‘My blood stirred, my mind fizzed’: Emma Rice on Wuthering Heights
Horrified by the cruelty shown to children seeking asylum in Britain, the director has adapted Emily Brontë’s book which has haunted her since her teensMy family were keen campers and many a wet...
View ArticleWuthering Heights review – Emma Rice’s audacious riff on Emily Brontë’s classic
Bristol Old VicRetelling the gothic novel with intelligently charming humour and a live band, this is a bold and ingenious productionEmma Rice calls Wuthering Heights a tragedy in this show’s...
View ArticleSiri Hustvedt: ‘I responded viscerally to De Beauvoir’s The Second Sex’
The US author on becoming a feminist, growing into Gertrude Stein, and the comfort of folk talesMy earliest reading memoryAt six I became fascinated with the Lonely Doll books by Dare Wright that I...
View ArticleLost library of literary treasures saved for UK after charity raises £15m
The Honresfield library, including manuscripts by the Brontës, Jane Austen and Walter Scott, had been at risk of falling into private handsIt is an unprecedented treasure trove of the UK’s literary...
View ArticleI Am No Bird review – stripping back the Brontës’ chocolate-box history
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughThis anarchic show casts off the corsets to capture just what made these literary sisters so striking Those of us with a hatred of costume drama are in good company....
View ArticleTen reasons why Bradford deserves to be 2025’s city of culture
From Charlotte Brontë to David Hockney and Zayn Malik, my home town of Bradford has a rich cultural history – and its beauty is balm for the soulBradford, this week announced as the UK’s 2025 city of...
View ArticleEmily review – sensitive Brontë biopic is a thrillingly unconventional watch
Toronto film festival: Sex Education’s Emma Mackey makes for a perfect Emily Brontë in actor turned writer-director Frances O’Connor’s deft dramaActor turned writer-director Frances O’Connor’s sensuous...
View ArticleFrances O’Connor: ‘I’m putting Emily Brontë in the centre of her own story’
The actor turned writer-director is taking an unconventional approach to her feature film about the Wuthering Heights author, a passion project giving a romantic side to the supposed recluseFrances...
View ArticleEmily review – love, passion and sex in impressive Brontë biopic
Director Frances O’Connor shows author’s creative path to writing Wuthering Heights through the two great loves of her lifeFrances O’Connor had her performing break back in 1999 playing Fanny in an...
View ArticleFilm Emily will introduce Brontë sisters to younger audiences, says co-star
Oliver Jackson-Cohen, who plays illicit lover, says outsider theme is ‘hugely relatable’A new, sensuous drama about Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë is a chance to introduce the Brontë sisters to...
View ArticleEmily review – the wildest Brontë sister is set free in full-blooded gothic...
The author of Wuthering Heights is no sickly recluse in actor turned director Frances O’Connor’s sensuous, spine-tingling feature debut“How did you write Wuthering Heights?” demands a rattled Charlotte...
View ArticleThe Moors review – deliciously dark Brontë pastiche
The Hope theatre, LondonThe characters might be the Brontës themselves or they might be from novels such as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, mashed-up with wandering strays from a zombie movieA...
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