Scandalising Victorians

Craven Herald and Pioneer goes walking on the Haworth moors.

I have always been inspired by the wild moors of the Pennines and can fully understand how the three Brontë Sisters were inspired to write their often gloomy but world-famous novels. They lived in Haworth and this offers a base for this walk, full of interest.
It is possible to park in Haworth and set off from the car park near the Brontë Parsonage. I tend to take the car on to the minor road at the north of Penistone Hill. It shortens the walk and avoids some road walking. Just beyond the cemetery on your left is some parking, leave the car and carry on westwards towards the moors. After crossing a road follow a lane westwards with a dry stone wall on your right signposted to the Brontë Waterfall. Almost immediately you will notice the sandy element of the lane (soon becoming a track) which is a legacy of the hard sandstone bedrock. Further on it becomes like a beach in places!
The track continues for one mile before dropping gradually in to a small river bed and an idyllic picnic spot. Here is one of the favourite spots for the Brontë sisters to walk to. On entering this little enclave there is a large stone, the Brontë seat, to the left and a few metres uphill is the Brontë waterfall. Directly ahead is the Brontë Bridge. (Continue reading)

More on Brontë places on a list of 'Four beautiful railway lines that escaped Beeching's axe at the 11th hour' published by The Telegraph.

The Hope Valley Line
The train pulls out of Sheffield, speeds past parks and retail parks, reaches the city’s outer suburbs, and plunges into the Totley tunnel. Three-and-a-half miles later, it emerges into another world.
Opening out on either side is a panorama of the Derbyshire Peak District, some of Britain’s most exhilarating walking country. On the left are high, bald moors; on the right the handsome village of Hathersage, full of associations with Charlotte Brontë and Robin Hood’s Little John, reputedly buried in the churchyard up on the hill. The landscape is spectacular at any time of year, but in winter, covered with an eiderdown of snow, it takes on a Brueghelesque character. (Stephen McClarence)

Radio Times reviews the second episode of Lucy Worsley's A Very British Romance.

In the second episode of her jolly series about the birth of romance, Worsley is in Victorian clothes of various types as she explores the era’s love of mawkish romance and chivalry.
The Victorians embraced torrid tales of adultery and fallen women, and maudlin stories of death and romance. But the stench of cheap flowers was blown away by one Charlotte Brontë and her atypical heroine Jane Eyre, a plain girl who falls for a difficult older man. It was a partnership of spirited equals, and it scandalised some readers. (Alison Graham)

More TV as Time lists '15 Things You Might Have Missed in Netflix's Maniac' such as

Cary Fukunaga gets self referential
In a brief shot of James’ interactive porn collection in episode three, Fukunaga pokes fun at his past work as a director. James owns copies of “Jane Derrier” (Jane Eyre), “Beasts of Urination” (Beasts of No Nation), “Sin Number 3” (Sin Nombre) and “True Erection” (True Detective). (Eliana Dockterman)

Shepherd Express reports that Florentine Opera will open the 2018-2019 season with Carlisle Floyd’s 2016 opera Prince of Players and describes his Wuthering Heights as follows:

The Milwaukee company has also staged Floyd’s Wuthering Heights, a tenderly romantic work inspired by the subdued intensity of the famous novel. It was recorded on a prize-winning CD based upon a 2011 Florentine performance. (Steve Spice)

Forbes has selected 'The Best Collections From New York Fashion Week Spring 2019'. About Mara Hoffman's collection:

The models—who came in every size, race and age—stood against a backdrop of cream-colored drapes, which was peppered with soil, shrubs and bouquets of lilies and roses. Some danced to the music of a live jazz band playing in the corner. Others stood and sat regally, displaying the clothes in a way they called to mind images of Wide Sargasso Sea. Indeed, there was a definite Caribbean vibe to the overall presentation. (Barry Samaha)

Stil (Serbia and Kosovo) features the Brontë family.