A Deeply Strange Book

The Observer explains how great it is to find lost songs by Tina Turner and provides a fitting example:

So when we hear of the discovery of a short story by Charlotte Brontë, we don’t care that it was written when she was a teenager without the finesse of the adult author; with its very existence, we travel back to when we first opened the pages of Jane Eyre and fell into a world of harsh schools, troubled romance and dark family secrets. (Gareth Rubin)

Travelling Tam posts about the best places to visit in Yorkshire. Illustrated with a picture of the Brontë bridge, Haworth opens the list:

Haworth village in Yorkshire is famous for more than just it’s pretty cobblestoned streets and incredible views over the moors.  Once home to the Bronte family, Haworth is the place that the famous Withering Heights (sic) and Jane Eyre novels were written. It’s easy to see where this literary family found their inspiration.  

The Brontë parsonage itself has been turned into a museum, full of artefacts from the Brontë sisters themselves.  Each room is decorated as it would have been, and it gives a fascinating insight into their lives. (...)

Haworth is a ‘must see’ village on any trip to Yorkshire.  Packed with history, culture, charm and beauty, like me, you really won’t want to leave one of the best towns in Yorkshire. (Two Get Lost)

The New York Times talks about  The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, by Joan Aiken:

I ordered a copy of this childhood favorite with the thought that I might read it to my son, if it wasn’t too old for him. It was — Aiken’s language is steeped in Brontë and Dickens and the few pages we read aloud required frequent stops to explain “portico,” “oubliette,” “hoydenish,” “pelisse” and “goffering” petticoat frills. (I resorted to Google.) But that night, I picked it up again and found myself as swept away as I was when I first read the book, at 9 or 10 years old. (Sadie Stein)

Soap Hub discusses the latest installment of Young and Restless:

But then Victor finds out that Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) has her own plan. That she plotted with Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Claire (Hayley Erin). WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH VICTOR FIRST. Sure, Victor can keep it secret from his wife that he’s got a madwoman locked up in their house. (If it was good enough for Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre, it’s more than good enough for Victor Newman, manliest man whoever manlied.) But Nikki had better not dare to keep something from him. Ever. You got that? (Alina Adams)

The Daily Mail shares a human interest story that mentions briefly Emily Brontë:

When I woke up from surgery to drain the infection from the spinal cord, even though I couldn't move from the shoulders down and was told that it was highly likely, due to damage to my spine, that I would never walk again, I was extremely pleased. I could move my hands and arms and I could see and I could think. I remembered my somewhat histrionic plea to the surgeon as I signed the papers before the op: 'If I can't move my hands or see or think, please don't resuscitate me – if I can't write, I don't want to live.' Oooh, get you, Emily Brontë! (Julie Burchill)

El Norte de Castilla (Spain) seems to confuse the author and the novel:

 Dos grandes mujeres, dos magnas vecinas de Nueva Segovia con inquietudes diferentes, pero unidas por la amistad.[Susana] Lago gusta de la lectura de libros como 'Memoria de una Geisha', o 'Charlotte Brontë'. (Carlos Iserte) (Translation)

The Sunday Times's Picks of this week's TV:

Tuesday

 Wuthering Heights — Love, Hate and Vengeance (Sky Arts/Now, 8pm)

This French documentary from 2022 explores the genesis of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, collecting archival documents and expert commentary to explain — or try to, at least — the work of a remarkable imagination. (Tim Glanfield, John Dugdale, Andrew Male and Helen Stewart)

Also in The Sunday Times, a glimpse into the bookshelves of bestselling authors:

 John Connolly

The last book I picked up was Orbital by Samantha Harvey. I have to admit that its length — very short — made it more appealing. The book I believe everyone should read at least once is Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. It remains a deeply strange book, one that I encountered for the first time when studying for my Leaving Cert, and I may have reread it more times than any other novel. It’s also at least partly responsible for Kate Bush’s career, which is another point in its favour.

The BBC discusses a quarry site in Thornton that could re-open and briefly mentions the Brontës Yesterday's Thomas Joseph Crossword contained a Brontë-related question.