In the midst of numbers

A good many news sites, particularly those from India, relay the news about Charlotte Brontë's alleged doll's house published yesterday by The Telegraph.

Also in connection with something we reported yesterday is this new article from C21Media:

Mammoth, which is 25% owned by ITV and has a first-look deal with ITV Global Entertainment, is also working on a new version of Wuthering Heights (3x60') for ITV1, which is being scripted by Blackpool scribe Peter Bowker. (Ed Waller)

The series, of course, has already been 'scripted' and indeed, filmed and, as you know, is slated for broadcast in the US on January 18 and 25, 2009. Yesterday, in an article about ITV Global Entertainment, C21Media stated that the series was "2x70'". Whether, as they sometimes do, PBS is shortening the series' running time, we don't really know, but their scheduled times are:

Jan 18 Wuthering Heights, Part 1 (60 minutes)
Jan 25 Wuthering Heights, Part 2 (90 minutes)

According to the IMDb, the length is 180 minutes (2 episodes) (which, in total length, equals C21Media's 3x60' report). Place your bets - there are plenty of numbers to choose.

24 Hour Museum features and article on The Fragmented Orchestra project:

24 sites are involved in the two-month cycle, which begins on Friday, comprising schools, social centres, galleries and music venues. Visitors are encouraged to add their own sound effects or listen to the ongoing results.
A small kiosk at the end of Brighton’s old West Pier, Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, Everton Football Club’s Goodison Park ground, a Scottish cattle market and Manchester recording studios used by the likes of Johnny Marr and Elbow are the more quirky and glamorous settings submitting eclectic contributions.
Bronte Parsonage Museum in Yorkshire is one of the locations where visitors can contribute to the score.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of an innovative and imaginative arts project in a cathedral renowned for its magical acoustic,” said Reverend Nick Bury, Dean of Gloucester Cathedral, promising choral music, organ whirls, excited schoolchildren and hoovering for listeners.
“We hope the public will be intrigued to come and discover The Fragmented Orchestra for themselves,” added Jenna Holmes, Arts Officer at the more serene Bronte Parsonage Museum in West Yorkshire, echoing Matthias’s aspiration.
“There really is a special atmosphere at the museum at this time of year and it is incredible to think that the sounds here at the Parsonage, such as the church clock, wind whistling from the moors and the rooks that nest in the trees will be heard by thousands of people at sites across the country.”

The Telegraph and Argus reports that an action plan has been voted in the Haworth area to comply with disability issues.

After a few Twilight-free days, The Sydney Morning Herald brings up its Brontë connections anew:

British actor Robert Pattinson is already familiar to Harry Potter fans as the saintly Cedric Diggory, and he brings to the role of Edward a consumptive pallor, a perfect profile and a darkly enigmatic demeanour. He's closely related to Heathcliff and to Romeo - although there is one crucial difference. As he directs his hungry gaze at the delectable Bella (Kristen Stewart), you're never sure if he's contemplating the joys of eternal love or the pleasures of a long lunch. (Sandra Hall)

Today's blogosphere digest includes: Agnes Grey reviewed in French by Livres de Malice, thoughts on Wuthering Heights by Bella's Bookshelf (a read inspired by Twilight), and a review of Jane Eyre 1944 by Stacy's Bookblog.

Categories: Books, Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth, Movies-DVD-TV, Music, Wuthering Heights