The full Brontë

The Telegraph and Argus publishes this funny cartoon related to the news of the upcoming shooting of the Brontë biopic in Sheffield (where The Full Monty was shot) now that we read some alarming rumours about the production closing down on the imdb boards for the film.

Let's continue with a charity fundraising with some Brontë connections. We read in the Hampshire Chronicle:

She, and other trustees of Brainstrust, are now working to bring the pioneering surgery to the UK. She hopes to set up a specialist centre at The National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, where the operation will be available to patients here.
Even Meg's dog, Snatch, is doing her bit to make the centre of excellence a reality as she undertakes a sponsored walk from Haworth to Top Withens in the Pennines and back later this month.
The 12-year-old greyhound will be accompanied by Mr and Mrs Bulbeck, who hope to raise hundreds for the charity by making the four-hour round journey, which was walked by the Bronte sisters.
They have already raised around £200 and will set off on their journey on Saturday, October 20. To sponsor the trio, visit www.justgiving.com/snatchdog.
For more information on Brainstrust visit http://www.brainstrust.org.uk/ or telephone 01794 388960.

The Dewey Divas and the Dudes posts about her love for Virago Modern Classics, especially the Brontë-related ones:

Being a bit of a Bronte buff, Virago was responsible for my reading May Sinclair's The Three Sisters (which transports the Bronte story to the 1910s and has quite a few riffs on Bronte lore - the hero's name is Rowcliffe for example) and Rachel Ferguson's The Brontes Went to Woolworths, a wonderful comic novel about three fatherless sisters who create a imaginative fantasy world in which to cope. Though these last two are out of print again, you can still find copies in libraries and used bookstores. Virago also publishes new books by women writers; I recently read Michele Roberts' terrific memoir Paper Houses about her life as a feminist and a writer while moving from flat to flat in 1970s London. Incidentally, Virago also published her novel, The Mistressclass which pays tribute to Charlotte Bronte's Villette. (Maylin)

Marika seikkailee Britanniassa posts about Haworth and her visit to the Brontë country (in Finnish).

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