Soldiers in Chanel

Seventy years ago, WW2 was declared and The Telegraph has an article about it. Believe it or not, a Brontë-related anecdote appears:

At the same time as Virginia Cowles was making her way to London, Lt Peter Parton of the Royal Artillery was watching a late showing of Wuthering Heights at the cinema in Watchet, Somerset. It was halfway through when a message flashed on the screen: "All officers and soldiers return to your barracks immediately." The balloon, he knew, was about to go up. (Neil Tweedie)

The Christian Science Monitor is a quite confused about copyright issues. Check this comment about the most donwloaded e-books on BitTorrent:

Don’t look at this list if you want to believe that the Internet is feeding a hunger for a deeper kind of learning. The 10 books most downloaded on BitTorrent (a free file-sharing application) this year do not include titles by Victor Hugo or Emily Brontë (or even Dan Brown or J.K. Rowling). (Marjorie Kehe)

Well, taking into account that Emily Brontë (or Victor Hugo) are free to download (and legally, by the way) from lots of places online, the fact that torrent users go for other (copyrighted) things is not so surprising.

NBC Connecticut makes a weird Wuthering Heights reference in an article about fashion or trends or something like it:

Try it buttoned up and paired with an off-the-rack favorite this season, like a Victorian ruffled blouse. We envision the Wuthering Heights-esque Chanel ads and no one's complaining about that! (Rachel Raczka)

Another weird reference can be read in Eye Weekly. Describing the music of The Depreciation Guild:

The resulting fusion is grand and romantic, sometimes with an undercurrent of despair; the bright melodies of “Darklooming” mask the yearning in the chorus, “I wish you didn’t need me so much, baby,” whereas the shimmering “Sky Ghosts” comes off like a sci-fi Wuthering Heights. (Dave Morris)

Historical Romance UK has visited Top Withens, A Reader's Adventure interviews author Jessica Verday:

What was your favorite book growing up? What about now? Do you have a favorite genre or do you like them all? Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte then, I don't currently have a favorite right now. I like them all, romance, mystery, thriller etc.

Basin and Towel examines St. John Rivers's character and Screenyorkshire's Photostream has uploaded a whole set of pictures of the recent Preview Screening and Reception of Wuthering Heights 2009 at The National Media Museum in Bradford.

Categories: Brontëites, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, References, Wuthering Heights