BBC News says that the would-be developers of Brontë country's wind farm have claimed that the turbines 'will not discourage visitors to moors once loved by the Bronte sisters'. As if that was what is at the heart of the matter. Calderdale Energy Park is applying to construct 34 turbines on Walshaw Moor, between Hebden Bridge and Haworth - the village associated with Bronte tourism. As a nine-week public consultation begins, chief executive Christian Egal told objectors that the development would provide "cheap, reliable and stable" energy. Campaigners who oppose the plans for the West Yorkshire moorland said that the wind farm would turn the scenic area into an "industrial complex". The South Pennine moors and Pennine Way have long been associated with writers Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, who were raised at the parsonage in Haworth, now a museum, in the 1840s. Speaking about the literary tourists, Egal said: "They will still come. Of course the turbines will be visible, but it will not affect the number of people visiting Top Withens. We expect the impact on the landscape to be moderate and acceptable for this area." Top Withens is a ruined farmhouse that is thought to be the inspiration for Emily Bronte's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. Egal added: "Wuthering is an old Norse word that means "high winds", so it's not surprising that the site is very suitable for a wind farm." (Spencer Stokes)
That only goes to show that they have no clue about anything at all beyond numbers and economy. Of course tourists will come, but the point is that a literary landscape (not to mention the consequences for local fauna) will be wrecked. Hopefully, those in charge of granting the permission or not will be less short-sighted and will turn it down it once and for all.
A contributor to Redbrick gives Wuthering Heights 2026 a 3/5. Spoiler's Bolavip compares Wuthering Heights 2026 to Wuthering Heights 1939.
A couple of alerts for today; April 8, at the Brontë Parsonage Museum: Brontë Event Space at the Old Schoolroom
Celebrate spring at the Brontë Parsonage Museum! With local artist Rachel Lee, use sustainable natural materials and create your own lovely miniature garden to take home with you.
Online via zoom
Some of the most intriguing items in our collection are those made from the Brontës' hair. During the Victorian era hair was often weaved into jewellery for remembrance. Join us for this online event with conceptual artist and historian Donna Lowson, as she guides us through the history of Victorian hairwork and shows us the process of creating hair jewellery. There will also be an opportunity to ask any questions you may have. Donna Lowson is an artist, collector, and former hairdresser whose practice centres on working with human hair to uncover the stories embedded within it. Drawing on Georgian and Victorian hairwork, the 19th-century practice of creating jewellery and keepsakes from human hair, she uses making as a research method to uncover marginalised craft traditions and bring them into contemporary practice. Donna has collaborated with Bankfield Museum, contributing demonstrations and workshops as part of “In Loving Memory,” and ongoing museum collection study visits and hands-on historical research inform her work. She leads workshops that invite participants to experience the cultural, material, and historical significance of hair firsthand.
Offaly Independent announces the events planned for the celebrations of Charlotte Brontë's birthday in Banagher. The Banagher Brontë Group is preparing to celebrate Charlotte Brontë's birthday on Saturday, April 18, in Crank House, Main Street, Banagher, commencing at 3.30pm. The main event of the afternoon will be the world premiere of Brontës: Love and Honour, a melodic tribute to the celebrated 19th century Brontë family of Yorkshire. This cycle of ten studio-recorded songs was written by the well-known composer Michael O'Dowd and his wife, Christine. The cycle relates the joys and sorrows of the family in music and lyrics with linking dialogue and illustrations to provide ambience and clarity. Organisers say this will be a truly delightful and enchanting experience for all attending. The afternoon will also include a 'Miscellany for Charlotte', a session of readings created or chosen by members of the group and others wishing to do so. Following a series of creative writing sessions, a selection of new writings, including poems by pupils from sixth class in St Rynagh's Primary School, are ready for the celebrations.
In the semifinals, Heathcliff and Edward Rochester were eliminated, depriving us of any Brontë sisters in the final round and leaving a championship matchup between Dorian Gray and George Wickham. (Evander James Reyes) In the end, Pride and Prejudice's George Wickham won.
Yorkshire Press recommends 'Things to Do in Haworth: A Local’s Guide (Beyond the Brontë Museum)'. A contributor to Her Campus shares her thoughts on Wuthering Heights 2026.
Guiem Soldevila is performing songs from his Brontë album at the Brontë Birthplace in Thornton:
Wednesday 8 April 2026 Performance 1 Doors open: 6.30pm Performance starts: 7.00pm – 7.45pm
Performance 2 Doors open: 7.45pm Performance starts: 8.15pm – 9.00pm
The Brontë Birthplace is delighted to welcome internationally acclaimed Menorcan musician Guiem Soldevila for a rare and intimate recital of Brontë Poems set to music. Guiem has created original musical settings for twelve poems written by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, transforming their words into a moving performance of voice, piano and instrumental accompaniment. The recital also features expressive contemporary dance, carefully adapted to suit the unique and intimate setting of the Birthplace.
Guiem will be performing voice, piano & guitar is accompanied by:
Clara Gorrias on voice & flute Neus Ferri on voice & guitar Geliah performing dance Carme Cloquells performing narration
These performances will take place inside the café of the very house where the Brontë sisters were born, offering audiences a deeply atmospheric way to experience their poetry in song. To preserve the intimacy of the evening, each performance is limited to just 20 guests.
ShowBiz Cheatsheet highlights Must-Read Celebrity Book Club picks for this month:
Between Two Books (Florence Welch): ‘Villette’ by Charlotte Brontë
Did you know that Florence Welch has a book club? The Florence and the Machine singer periodically shares her book picks with her Between Two Books book club. This season’s pick in Villette by Charlotte Brontë. This lesser-known title from the author of Jane Eyre follows a young 19th-century woman as she leave England to take a teaching job in Belgium.
Villette is “an autobiographical study of solitude and unrequited love,” noted the Between Two Books Instagram. (Megan Elliott) 7. The married Belgian professor Constantin Heger inspired which character in the novel Jane Eyre? (Olav Bjortomt) In a since-deleted post, the same X user also uploaded a screenshot to the platform of a text conversation with an “industry insider” who alleged that two songs on Charli’s Wuthering Heights album were “ripped” from Ferreira demos dating back to 2018 and 2015. Ferreira responded to those claims via Instagram comments as well, sharing, “Your industry ‘insider’ is wrong. Close but wrong…It isn’t worth the trouble bc I know how the world works.”‘ Ferreira is, however, credited as a featured artist, co-writer and vocal producer on Wuthering Heights track “Eyes of the World.” (...) When asked for comment, her management team shared the following statement with Billboard: (...) “Ahead of the Wuthering Heights album release, a standard review process was conducted on a small number of tracks from the album, including fragments of material originating from earlier sessions. This process involved managers, legal representatives, artists and producers, and included a thorough review of archival materials and demo recordings. (Lyndsey Havens)
Fennell tan sólo se interesó en adaptar medio libro y a unos pocos de sus personajes, pero no perdió oportunidad para sembrar sugerencias eróticas visuales y auditivas, así como insinuaciones de bondage y S&M. Lamentablemente, más que una obra estimulante, nos conduce por el terreno del fan fiction calentón, ese universo de fantasías juveniles o amateurs, a la vez morbosas y puritanas, desahogo sin literatura, “plagio” legitimizado y cursilería masturbatoria desenfrenada. (...) Este ejercicio de estilo muestra una obsesión física muy oportuna en tiempos de looksmaxxing, en que todo mundo es bello y nadie quiere tener sexo (aun cuando lo tengan en exceso). Pero lo importante es que nos obliga a preguntarnos qué significa y para qué sirve una adaptación de la literatura al cine (especialmente al tratarse de un clásico). Y la respuesta tal vez es que sirve para ayudarnos a diferenciar el melodrama de la tragedia. ( Naief Yehya) ( Translation)
On Wednesday, 8 April at 6.30pm, the Boiardo cinema theatre in Scandiano (RE, Italy) will host a special screening of Wuthering Heights 2026, where the audience is invited to knit along, with dimmed lights to keep needles and eyes busy at once. The initiative grew out of a Friday knitting group led by Katia Tosi accoding to Il Resto di Carlino. The writer Katriona O'Sullivan shares her cultural touchstones in The Irish Examiner. Regrettably, she chooses the wrong sister: I loved Charlotte Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (sic). It’s a classic. I love a dramatic love story and it’s the ultimate bad love story. I love its imagery and its language, the way land is used to depict emotions. I was a cool kid that was with a gang who were robbing cars but reading Wuthering Heights at the end of the day, but I couldn’t tell them. You can't smoke your smokes at the back of the bike sheds while you're reading Charlotte Brontë (sic again). Teasing becomes taunting, care becomes control and sexy times on the sofa become furious spats over Christmas presents (“You gave me a brooch made of teeth, Albert!”). The relationship is coercive, yes, but perhaps also co-dependent: Victoria’s panic keeps her obedient. A scene in which she reads from Jane Eyre signals the gothic fate which, [Daisy] Goodwin imagines, Albert might have planned for her. (David Jays) AnneBrontë.org shares an 1853 Easter letter from Charlotte Brontë to Ellen Nussey, in which Charlotte declines a visit due to her duties as a vicar's daughter while also defending Lucy Snowe as a deliberately less idealized heroine than Jane Eyre.
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