Emily Brontë on Emmerdale

Haworth is a never-ending source of parking related stories - now in connection to The Black Bull. From The Telegraph and Argus:

The Black Bull in the centre of Haworth is famous for being a favourite drinking hole of Branwell Brontë, the wayward brother of the Brontë sisters.
Next Wednesday Bradford Council will discuss a retrospective planning application for two pole mounted automatic number plate recognition cameras at the site of the pub.
The cameras were installed at the pub to prevent non-customers from parking in its car park. That move has proved controversial, with a number of people saying visitors who are unaware of the changes could be sprung with parking fines.
No planning permission was granted for the cameras, and a retrospective application was submitted. [...]
Planning officers have recommended approval for the retrospective application, meaning the pub will be allowed to keep the cameras, on the condition that the poles that are fixed onto are reduced in height by a metre and that anti-climb spikes are removed.
The pub has recently closed - with owner EI (Enterprise Inns) advertising for a new landlord.
The 19th century Black Bull is a Grade II listed building and in a conservation area - on Haworth's famous Main Street.
There has been 25 objections to the plans, claiming they were unsightly and that they were "ripping people off." And the Council's heritage officer H Meekings said: "The pole appears out of place and incongruous due to its location in an area to the rear of the public house that is already eye catching due to the existing timber fencing upon and signage."
A report going to the planning panel says: "The applicant has offered to reduce the height of the pole and remove the anti-climb spikes in line with the Conservation Officer recommendations. This will make it appear less incongruous and lessen the impact on the Conservation Area."
The report says many of the objections regard the morality of using such cameras. It adds: "The majority of the objections express strong opposition to the use of the modern cameras to manage the pub car park and impose unwelcome fines that it is feared will deter tourists and visitors from coming to Haworth.
"Many urge the use of other methods to manage the private car park. However, the car park is private land and it is for the landowner to decide how best to manage it and prevent misuse. The planning process in this case can only consider the planning impact of the operational development – the erection of the cameras and the pole mounting, with particular regard to the duty to preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the conservation area and the setting of the listed buildings." [...]
However, this afternoon, after the agenda was published, a spokesperson for Ei said: “We are aware of previous issues relating to the security cameras at The Black Bull, Haworth.
"We are in contact with the supplier and will be requesting that the cameras are removed from the site as soon as possible. We’d like to reassure the local community that we plan on reopening the pub as soon as possible with a new publican.” (Chris Young)

Vulture celebrates 'the Stinky Heroines of Repulsive Realist Fiction'.

[Ottessa] Moshfegh’s interest in the disgusting body persisted in her next novel, 2018’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Unlike Eileen [the protagonist of her first novel] — a latter-day Jane Eyre, “poor, obscure, plain and little” — the unnamed narrator of My Year is beautiful and knows it. (Hillary Kelly)

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Mirror echoes the comments of Emmerdale viewers who were 'baffled' at Laurel Thomas's outfit.

Another said: “Hold up laurel, Emily Brontë will be along soon!” (Charlotte Tutton)

GoldDerby marks the 80th anniversary of 1939, so-called 'the greatest year ever for film' and which saw the release of films like Wuthering Heights.

What better example of a tragic love story than “Wuthering Heights”? Adapted from Emily Bronte’s novel, this film encompasses the clash of classes, misunderstandings leading to unhappy marriages, and unrequited love. Although some content had to be altered due to the Production Code, this version has been immortalized by Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon as star-crossed lovers Heathcliff and Cathy. The final scene on the moors is one that haunts the viewer and helps cements its place in film history. (Susan Pennington)

Philip Hamlyn Williams shares his contribution to the next issue of Brontë Studies, an article on William Smith Williams.