My Heathcliff of a husband

Emma Jacobs's column in the Financial Times is devoted to Gordon Brown. Guess what Brontë character is mentioned?

“Bloody hell, Gordon, you’re freaking me out.” Is that what wives normally say first thing in the morning to their husbands? I don’t know what to expect any more. Gordon Brown, my Heathcliff of a husband, is so volatile at the moment (who am I trying to kid? It’s been like that ever since we started dating, or “stepping out” as Gordon liked to put it). So this morning I did what I’ve learnt to do every day, half-open one eye to gauge his mood. I flipped out. His face was one inch in front of mine waiting for me to wake up. It was such a shock I jumped and nearly smacked him in the face with my head. Once he had my full attention he started rabbiting on: “Sarah, I’ve done it. I’ve bloody gone and done it.”

The Telegraph & Argus announces that the Red House Museum in Gomersal (Mary Taylor's house) is in the middle of a spring cleaning... in autumn: (Picture source)

Due to the busy programme of events at Red House, Gomersal, each room undergoes specialist cleaning every one to two years.
The beautiful Georgian coffee pot, held here by museum officer Helga Hughes, is one of 200 artefacts currently undergoing preventative conservation cleaning in the kitchen at the Oxford Road museum, which was once the home of textile merchant and manufacturer Joshua Taylor.
“Every artefact needs treating differently,” said Helga. “This is a really careful process.”
Hogs hair and pony hair brushes, specially selected for their softness, are among the staff’s special cleaning kit. Separate brushes are used for different materials.
The white gloves Helga is wearing are worn to prevent tarnish caused by acids in the skin. Helga said it is a preventative process to stop dust damaging the objects. (Sally Clifford)

The Summit Daily News reviews the performances of Charles Vance's The Mystery of Irma Vep at the Backstage Theatre in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Shelly Bordas directs the production which follows the story of a hunchback stableman named Nicodemus (Willard) and housemaid Jane (Wee) who interact with Lord Edgar (Wee) and Lady Enid (Willard), characters that are a cross between “Wuthering Heights” and “Psycho.” (Leslie Brefelt)

And... BlogCritics Magazine reviews Wuthering Heights. The first part is published here. The Yorkshire Post has an article about a couple of crime incidents in Haworth. Novel Readings posts about Pedagogy, Evaluation, and What We Look for in 'the' Novel, an interesting post with some Jane Eyre appearances. Encore une histoire du fil... posts some pictures of newly made Brontë samplers. On Meloukhia we can read two (not very enthusiastic) reviews of Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. Le télèphone pleure is, in contrast, publishes a ravishing review of Wuthering Heights (in Spanish)

Categories: Brontëana, Haworth, Jane Eyre, Theatre, Wide Sargasso Sea, Wuthering Heights