Halifax Courier lists '9 filming locations in Todmorden and Cornholme' such as 2. Wuthering Heights Filming has taken place on Bridestones Moor for a number of projects over the year's including BBC's The Gallows Pole, Riot Women and most recently the recent 2026 adaptation of Wuthering Heights. (Abigail Kellett)
A columnist from La Vanguardia (Spain) writes about the Gothic mansion trope. El tropo de la mansión gótica viene de lejos y se sustenta sobre todo en dos novelas con asombrosas concomitancias, aun separadas por un siglo: Jane Eyre (1847), de Charlotte Brontë, y Rebecca (1938), de Daphne du Maurier, en la que se inspiró Alfred Hitchcock para su celebérrima película. En ambas obras el hogar adquiere un papel protagónico, ya sea la casa solariega de Thornfield Hall, coronada con almenas, o la finca de Manderley, a la que se accede por un sendero bordeado de enormes rododendros que estallan en flores rojo escarlata. Dos heroínas jóvenes e inexpertas irrumpen en las vidas de dos caballeros de pasado turbio (el señor Rochester y el viudo Maxim de Winter). En ambas obras, algo extraño ha sucedido con las respectivas primeras esposas: Berta Mason se ha vuelto loca y su marido la mantiene encerrada en el desván de un torreón; en la segunda, Rebecca ha muerto en un supuesto accidente de navegación. De igual forma afloran coincidencias en sendos finales: el fuego purificador y el triunfo del amor romántico; o la idea de él. (Olga Merino) (Translation)
Zenda (in Spanish) reviews Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar's The Madwoman in the Attic. An alert in New York for tomorrow, July 8:
Afterword Bookshop, 216 East 6rh Street, New York NY 10003 July 8, 7pm
Join Deborah Lutz as she discusses her new book This Dark Night: Emily Brontë, A Life, in conversation with Amanda Vaill. Emily Brontë (1818–1848) was only twenty-seven-years old when she began work on one of the most important novels in the English language. Two years later in 1847, she completed Wuthering Heights. It took the world almost a century to catch up to Brontë’s masterpiece, and it has taken even longer to know Brontë―an elusive figure, with a ghostly legacy provoked by her early death and the loss (and likely destruction) of almost all her personal papers. Drawing on formerly inaccessible notebooks and manuscripts, This Dark Night constructs a portrait of Brontë, her famous writing sisters Charlotte and Anne, and the effect of their sisters’ and mother’s tragic deaths. In the first full-length biography in over twenty years, renowned scholar Deborah Lutz sketches the days of a woman crafting otherworldly fiction while running her father’s parsonage: writing interweaving with household work, daydreaming, and exploring the rough-hewn outdoors. As she traces the influence of Brontë’s life and work, Lutz follows how Brontë’s fantastical early poems of the night sky, women rulers, and outsiders and rebels grew into the stormy, transcendent Wuthering Heights. Lutz also illuminates the overlooked ways that the legendary writer addressed debates of her time that still resonate today, including questions of gender and sexuality, race and class, and rapid industrialization set against the natural world. From her menagerie of dogs and birds to the beloved moors that Brontë wandered and later emblazoned in her novel, Lutz depicts the passions of an author at odds with convention. Uniting the domestic and the cosmic, This Dark Night plumbs the life and writing of this idiosyncratic woman, dark soul, and monumental genius.
Widely considered one of the finest novels ever written, this timeless tale follows a young woman who, after being orphaned at a young age, is sent to a brutal boarding school. 10 years later, she accepts a job as a governess for a young girl, the ward of the enigmatic and brutish master of Thornfield Hall. Slowly but surely, she begins to fall for her erratic employer whilst she also starts uncovering his dark secrets. Directed by Robert Stevenson, best known for helming Disney’s beloved film Mary Poppins, this underrated Gothic romance from the classic Hollywood era stars Joan Fontaine as Jane and Orson Welles as Mr Rochester. Many film fans have claimed over the years that it’s one of the best adaptations of Brontë’s novel to ever be produced. It’s certainly a must-watch for viewers who have devoured recent period romances such as Wuthering Heights and The Other Bennet Sister or can’t wait for the upcoming iterations of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. One 10/10 review from an IMDb user claimed that, while other versions of Jane Eyre are just as breathtaking, fans should “see this to be fully satisfied". (Lucas Hill-Paul)
The film will be on BBC Four next Thursday, July 9, at 23:50 (GMT). Best Actress - Margot Robbie Best Supporting Actress - Alison Oliver
Sue Ryder is inviting people from across West Yorkshire to take part in the first ever Brontë Pub Walk, a brand‑new event set in the stunning countryside that inspired the world‑famous Brontë sisters. Sponsored by Bulloughs Cleaning Services, the event - taking place on Saturday August 15 at 11am - offers a choice of five or ten‑mile routes, each featuring a series of charming refreshment stops. Walkers will take in Stanbury, Ponden and the outskirts of Oakworth before finishing on the iconic Haworth Main Street. (Hannah Britton) With eight refreshment points on the full route and six on the shorter route, the Brontë Pub Walk is designed to be a relaxed, social day out, perfect for families, groups of friends and workplace teams.
Isn't Iconic probably the most overused and misused word in the English language? If you’re the type to imagine that literary genius might seep into the stones and the woodwork, England has book-loads of places to go. Jane Austen, the Brontës, Rudyard Kipling, William Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens ... you can visit the homes of them all. (...) From York, take a spin (or the train) to Harrogate for a touch of 18th century spa town elegance, or to Haworth to see the Parsonage home of the Brontë sisters and the moors backdrop that famously inspired Emily’s Wuthering Heights. (Gemma Tipton & Úna McCaffrey)
Anne Brontë.org celebrates the 200th anniversary of Patrick Brontë's gift of twelve wooden soldiers to Branwell in 1826.
Polly Teale's Jane Eyre returns to the stage in a new student production in Birmingham:
Young Rep Seniors presents Adapted by Polly Teale Tue 7 Jul–Wed 8 Jul 2026 The Studio, 7 Cannon St, Birmingham B2 5EP, United Kingdom
Directed by Jasmin Hylton Movement Direction by Ana Diego Iversen
Our Young Rep Seniors take to the stage this July with Polly Teale’s bold and imaginative adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel Jane Eyre. This powerful retelling brings the emotional intensity of Jane’s journey vividly to life, revealing the passions and hidden struggles that shape her story. As Jane grows from a lonely child into a determined young woman, she fights to define her own identity in a world that seeks to confine her. Teale’s innovative approach places Bertha, the ‘woman in the attic’, onstage as a living, breathing embodiment of Jane’s suppressed fears and desires – creating a striking and unforgettable theatrical experience. With rich ensemble storytelling, atmospheric movement and compelling performances, our Young Rep Seniors illuminate a timeless tale of love, resilience and the pursuit of freedom. A fierce, haunting, and deeply human reimagining of a beloved classic.
A new alert from the Brontë Birthplace in Thornton. This event is also part of the Bradford Literary Festival:
Tuesday 7th July 6:30pm – 8pm (doors open from 6pm) Brontë Birthplace
Heritage researcher and Brontë Birthplace General Manager Anna Gibson explores the uncanny pull of Brontë Country—a landscape shaped as much by longing and myth as by history. Drawing on her experiences living, working, and walking across Brontë Country, she examines how moors, memories, and cherished objects become charged with meaning, and how the Brontës’ presence continues to haunt cultural memory, tourism, and heritage practice today.
Anna’s History:
After completing her MA in Heritage Studies at the University of Manchester, Anna Gibson joined the Brontë Birthplace on Market Street, Thornton, Bradford, as its first General Manager. The building was acquired through the combined support of more than 700 individual investors, together with funding from Bradford City of Culture 2025, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Community Ownership Fund, and the Rural England Prosperity Fund. Now managed by Brontë Birthplace Limited, a Community Benefit Society, the house opened to the public in March 2025.
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