Summertime

If you're considering a trip to Haworth, and you should since apart from the permanent exhibition there's the Emily exhibition to be seen, Easier Travel posts what might turn out to be a good option:

THE OLD REGISTRY, HAWORTH, YORKSHIRE
The Old Registry is situated in Haworth home of the Bronte sisters and is surrounded by rugged and beautiful moorland. Just a couple of miles from the Pennine Way, Haworth is an ideal base to discover the Yorkshire Moors and the Yorkshire Dales. The market town of Skipton, the spa town of Ilkley, the craft town of Hebden Bridge, the World Heritage site of Saltaire and the Duke of Devonshire's Bolton Abbey Estate are all within a half hour drive.

bookdirectrooms.com is offering a 20% discount off of a three night stay at The Old Registry B&B in Haworth throughout July and August, subject to availability. A double en suite room for the nights of 24, 25 and 26 July costs £180 for two on B&B, saving £36.

Please bear in mind that we are just reporting this offer and are in no way affiliated with any of the parties. As with all journeys, you should take a look around and compare prices and check the reliability of the offering party. Just in case, you know.

IESB.net interviews actor Gary Oldman, who at some point talks about film costumes:

... [T]his genre [he means The Dark Knight, for instance] doesn't normally get recognized because people don't take it seriously enough, I mean, people don't understand that it's hard to costume a movie like Michael Clayton as it is to costume Dracula or Jane Eyre. It's just as hard. You have to get the right suit, the right shirt, should it be cotton? That tie doesn't work with that, is the cardigan right? Should she wear a short skirt? Should it be a 3/4 skirt? I mean, even though you are going out and buying the clothes there is the same skill that goes into it.

Glenda Martin, from the Minnesota Women's Press, writes about summer reads:

In Newsweek (May 26), [Louise] Erdrich noted that important books for her include Flannery O'Connor's Everything That Rises Must Converge and Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. The line from O'Connor that electrified her and made her want to write was, "Go back to hell where you came from, you old wart hog." She describes Rhys' book as "Savage, strange and perfect." I agree about the Rhys book and haven't read O'Connor's, but will.

The Newsweek article can be found here:

A BOOK TO WHICH YOU ALWAYS RETURN: "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys. Savage, strange and perfect.

There is also a post on Wide Sargasso Sea 2006, albeit in its screen format, on Chaosophy:

The merits of the novel are manifold, and it is an exceptional feat that here is a rendition of the narrative with such vivid emotional energy and lush psychological initmations that it must be regarded as a magical piece of moviemaking. (Luca)

And Karine et ses livres posts about Wuthering Heights in French.

Categories: Haworth, Movies-DVD-TV, Wide Sargasso Sea, Wuthering Heights