Haworth in the snow

A columnist from The Tyee discusses violence and romance:

I have to admit I love the frisson of sex and violence, especially in film. The scene at the end of John Ford’s The Quiet Man, when John Wayne drags Maureen O’Hara through the Irish countryside and then proceeds to beat the living shit out of her brother, sent my sister and I into swoony ecstasies. Every girl who went gaga-bananas over the Brontësque brooders like Mr. Rochester or Heathcliff understands the thrilling glamour of male desire and violence. The more modern iterations of Twilight and 50 Shades carry the same electricity. But what to do with this stuff now? Can you give it up, and if so, what replaces it? (Dorothy Woodend)

The San Diego Union-Tribune interviews ballet dancer Toby Batley.

Q: What was one of your most challenging roles? And why was it particularly challenging?
A: Heathcliff in “Wuthering Heights” is a very hard role both physically and emotionally! He is such a wild character, and that, coupled with the extremely difficult partnering involved, always left me wiped out afterwards. I thoroughly enjoyed it though! (Lisa Deaderick)

El Comercio (Spain) has a short article on Emily Brontë's bicentenary. On the Brontë Parsonage Museum Facebook page you can see a couple of pictures of Adam Nagaitis's visit to the Parsonage and they even let him sit on Branwell's bed.

According to Nick Holland, 'Haworth never looks more beautiful than when it’s under a coating of snow', and so he goes to on discuss 'Snow in the Lives and Works of the Brontës' on AnneBrontë.org.