From Hawoth to Love Island

Keighley News reports a couple of interesting musical alerts for the upcoming month:

The life of Patrick Brontë will be celebrated in song next month during two concerts in Haworth.
Brontë writer John Hennessy is organising the events to raise money for the Haworth Parish Church rewiring fund and the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
Passionately Fond of Oratorio will be held on Friday September 6 in Haworth Parish Church with soloists Charissa Hutchins (soprano), James Hutton (baritone), Gordon Balmforth (organ) and Jon Scully (trumpet).
The following evening will see A Celebration in Words and Music at the West Lane Baptist Church, with Alexandra Lesley (speaker) and John Hennessy (speaker and piano).
Both concerts will begin at 7.30pm, and payment on the door for each is £10 for adults and £5 for under 18s.
John is the author of the book Emily Brontë and Her Music.
He is organising the concerts to tie in with the Brontë Parsonage Museum’s year of celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Patrick Brontë being offered the post of Haworth minister. (David Knights)

Also in the Keighley News:

Zafar Ali said it had been a “huge honour and privilege” to serve as the Lord Mayor of Bradford.
He attended around 1,200 engagements in every part of the district and beyond.
And he visited places he’d never been to before – including, he admits, some right on the doorstep!
“I’d never had the chance previously to visit the Brontë Parsonage Museum at Haworth – although it’s just up the road!” said Cllr Ali. “I was invited there twice.

Still locally, in The Telegraph & Argus:

The Neighbourhood Developing Plan submission plan was this month sent to Bradford Council, and if it is approved by City Hall there will be referendum among local residents to decide whether it should be officially adopted.
In a joint statement, parish council chairman David Mahon and NDP steering group chairman Tito Arana highlighted the “distinctive character” of each village.
They said: “Haworth with its association with the Brontë family, and also the Worth Valley Railway, has become a significant tourist attraction and needs to retain its historic charm. (Alistair Shand)

The Mirror and some reality-pseudo-celebrities news:

Love Island's Lucie Donlan and Joe Garratt ran frolicking through a field for what could be one of the most cringeworthy photoshoots ever.
The couple, who are back together after she coupled up with someone else when he was dumped from the Island, held hands and ran through a grassy field, looking like they were recreating a scene from classic novel Wuthering Heights.
Joe, 23, went all Heathcliff as he left his white shirt open to reveal his chiselled abs, and let the wind tussle his curly hair. (Vicki Newman)

England's country life (and the Brexit threat) in the Frankfurter Allgemeine (Germany):

Das Geheimnis des englischen Landlebens liegt nun darin, dass es ganz und gar aus literarischen Überhöhungen und imaginierten Bildern zusammengesetzt ist, von den Romanen Jane Austens bis zu den Provinzepen des Viktorianers Anthony Trollope, von den Brontë-Schwestern bis zu „Mord im Pfarrhaus“ von Agatha Christie oder, wenn’s denn wirklich sein muss, auch den zu Dutzenden verfilmten Bestsellern von Rosamunde Pilcher. (Paul Ingendaay) (Translation)

Prince Albert and Queen Victoria's relationship is discussed on Coburger Tageblatt (Germany):

Dass eine tiefe Harmonie in dieser royalen Ehe bestand, dürfte unter anderem auch auf beider Kunstsinn beruht haben, der sich nicht nur auf gemeinsames Zeichnen und gegenseitiges Vorlesen, zum Beispiel aus Büchern von Charlotte Brontë und Charles Dickens, beschränkte. (...)
Ein Blick hinter die Palastmauern offenbart, dass es auch in dieser sonst so harmonischen Ehe gelegentlich kriselte. Und gleichzeitig werden Szenen einer Ehe aus dem Literaturtopf des 19. Jahrhunderts anhand von Passagen aus "Jane Eyre" von Charlotte Brontë und "Ein idealer Gatte" von Oskar Wilde vorgeführt. (Translation)