The North Wind is a fittingly enigmatic work. It depicts a windswept woman with dark hair and a light blue cloak facing away from a breeze.Brontë painted The North Wind while staying with her sister Charlotte at the Pensionnat Heger, a boarding school for girls in Belgium, according to a statement from the Brontë Parsonage Museum.Emily Brontë's painting was based on an engraving of Lady Charlotte Harley that accompanied a collection of Lord Byron's works.The work is based on an engraving of Lady Charlotte Mary Harley that accompanied an edition of Finden’s Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron. (...)As far as the painting’s title, Emily appears to have been inspired by her younger sister Anne, who wrote a poem by the same name in 1838 in which “a captive girl welcomes the cold because it reminds her of her native northern mountains,” Edith Weir wrote in a 1949 volume of the journal Brontë Society Transactions, per the auction catalog. (...)“Unlike Charlotte and Branwell, Emily left few drafts, few exercises, to tell the story of her apprenticeship in painting,” Christine Alexander and Jane Sellars wrote in their 1995 book The Art of the Brontës, per the auction catalog. “Her drawings and rough sketches are as fragmentary, and as elusive of interpretation, as her surviving poetry.” (Eli Wizevich)
And finally, this development is also on the edge of historic Brontë country, the inspiration for much of the Brontë sisters' literary works. Indeed, the famous tree believed to have inspired Wuthering Heights is located within the boundaries of the proposed wind farm.The construction of wind turbines on this beautiful, pristine natural landscape would thus be a huge loss to the cultural and natural heritage of the country and deprive many tourists and local people of experiencing the same landscape that inspired the Brontë sisters.
You can sign the Parliament petition against this plan,
It was on April 20, 1820 that the Brontë family left their home in Thornton for a new life in Haworth.Six horse-drawn carts, piled high with furniture and other belongings, took the Reverend Patrick Brontë, his wife Maria and their six children, accompanied by two maids, on the eight mile journey over moorland roads.This weekend - exactly 205 years later - the Brontës’ poignant journey will be re-enacted. (...)The Brontë Walk, organised by Bradford West Rotary Club, will see local historians Steve Stanworth and Kate Hanes dressed as Patrick and Maria Brontë on board a horse and cart. Visitors will join them on foot as the cart sets off from the Brontë Birthplace on Market Street in Thornton at 10am.After a ‘farewell event’ at Thornton’s Brontë Bell Chapel, where Patrick was the curate from 1815-1820, the journey will continue along Market Street then the party will walk on to Haworth.“The horse and cart will meet us at Haworth railway station then go up Main Street to the Brontë Parsonage. There will be an ‘arrival of the Brontës’ playlet at the old schoolhouse,” said Steve.“It must have been quite a poignant journey for the Brontës, as they’d enjoyed life in Thornton. The house on Market Street was a happy family home, with six children and all the hustle and bustle, but it wasn’t big enough for a growing family.“It will feel very special to follow the family’s footsteps on Easter Sunday.”Steve, who runs the Brontë Bell Chapel, said Patrick was fond of Thornton, and Thornton was fond of him: “He said his happiest days were here. In the Thornton house the family was together, before Maria and the two girls died.” (Emma Clayton)
Check the Brontë Birthplace for more details.
The version will feature landmark buildings and locations across the town.Keighley Town Council is working on the initiative in partnership with Winning Moves, which designs and produces Monopoly games on behalf of Hasbro.The board will be developed over the summer, ready for a pre-Christmas launch.Some locations have already been chosen to feature – including the cenotaph, Dalton Mills, Keighley Library, the town hall, Brontë Parsonage Museum, East Riddlesden Hall, Cliffe Castle, and several stations on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. (Alistair Shand)
The filming took place across the pond in the idyllic villages of the Yorkshire Dales, mainly in Arkansgale.The stars of the film and production crew stayed at various cottages owned by Holiday Homes Yorkshire in Reeth.The owner of the cottages, Hannah Wallington, 42, said that their presence created a buzz among the locals and visitors alike and helped boost various businesses in the area. (Liana Jacob)
The gothic and menacing setting by scenic designer Frederica Nascimento’s inspired staging and the moody, dramatic lighting by Ken Booth are effective, but they aren’t matched by inert direction by the usually spot-on Elliott, which is compromised by humor that sometimes borders on camp, putting it at odds with the rest of the production. It’s jarring and takes power from the story, undermining its starkness. Jane Eyre supposed to be creepy, not campy. And while Williamson’s adaptation cleverly condenses the story into a palatable 2+-hour runtime, the first-person narrative doesn’t smoothly translate to the stage with Syquia responsible for delivering copious and unwieldy exposition that would be better served as story. Likely because of this condensation, it’s never believable how Jane comes to love Edward nor how Edward falls for Jane, which is, of course, the heart of the story. (...)While it is helpful that the show has been concentrated, it actually might work better at two and a half hours, just a little bit longer, giving the story some room to expand organically. That said, it would also need an injection of energy — not jolting, incongruous humor, just a breath of life. (Harker Jones)
5- Jane in classic literature.
Episode six is all about Anne! We're joined by Yorkshire writer and theatre-maker, Nicole Joseph, to uncover what we know about the youngest Brontë sister - and what we didn't know...
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