Several local newspapers talks about Cornelia Parker's Never Endings exhibition in Birmingham (see more details in
this previous post). Some pieces of the
Brontëan Abstracts are displayed:
A series of attractively abstract photographs turn out to be no more than magnified smudges from Einstein’s blackboard or the marks in the margin of Charlotte Bronte’s manuscript for Jane Eyre. (Peter McCarthy)
On
Margaret Cooter's blog you can find a comment and a photographic tour (no Brontëan Abstracts however) of the exhibition.
The Columbus-Dispatch reviews the film
The Jane Austen Book Club and somehow reminds us of those reviews of
Pride and Prejudice 2005 that considered the atmosphere of the film more Brontë-like than Austen-like:
As a director, Swicord doesn't have the control she has as a screenwriter. Blunt, in particular, is allowed to darken the mood unnecessarily: She overpowers what ought to be a lightly comic role, as if she had just swept in from Bronte's moors rather than Austen's parlors. (Margaret Quamme)
Jools Holland's recently-published autobiography:
Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts is the subject of an interview in
The Scotsman. A Wuthering Heights-related anecdote appears:
She [Paula Yates] did come to stay. Once he got out an old movie for them to watch together, Wuthering Heights, which he hadn't realised was all about obsessive love leading to madness and death. She couldn't believe it: "This is in the worst possible taste!" she exclaimed. But they had a laugh. She seemed to be improving and getting herself back together, then came the shocking news of her death. (Jackie McGlone)
The Times reviews the recent concert of the Puppini Sisters at Sheperds Bush (London) and their
Wuthering Heights cover is highlighted:
Their new single Spooky came with a synchronised dance routine, pitch-perfect harmonies and silly sound effects, but it was their cover of Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights that raised the first cheer from the seated crowd. “Let me in at your window-ah,” they purred, scratching at imaginary glass with their painted nails. (Lisa Verrico)
On the blogosphere:
Mam'zelle Poupée brings back an interesting text from 1930 by Daniel-Rops (pseudonym of Henri Petiot) about Emily Brontë:
Emily Brontë, poésie et solitude (in French). The
Brontë Parsonage Blog reminds us of an upcoming talk by Tamar Yellin, author of
Kafka in Brontëland.
And finally, the esoteric quote of the day. This surrealistic gem comes from
FoxSports.
BUCS +10 at Colts
Haven't we seen this somewhere before? The protagonist is driven from his home, scorned by those he loved and trusted. He rises up in the world, returns, and from the lofty perch of his improved circumstances exacts his bitter revenge. Tony Dungy, you are soooo Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights. Emily Bronte? Anyone? (Poor Donald Penn gets to make his first NFL start at left tackle against Dwight Freeney.) Colts 24, Bucaneers 17 (Kevin Helch)
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