From Jane Eyre to Beyoncé

Johanna Andersson chooses Wuthering Heights as her personal classic in Skövde Nyheter (Sweden):

Emily Brontë sätter ord på den rasande kärleken
Min Klassiker.
Det finns böcker som förändrar vårt sätt att tänka eller som berör oss på ett djupare plan. I kulturredaktionens serie "Min klassiker" berättar åtta skribenter om författarskap som har varit betydelsefulla i deras liv. Johanna Andersson väljer att återvända till klassikern "Svindlande höjder" av Emily Brontë, en bok som hon läste för första gången som 13-åring.
Emily Brontë växte upp i byn Bradford, bara några mil från Yorkshire nationalpark i England – en miljö som i hög grad liknade den "Svindlande höjder" utspelar sig i. (Translation)

New Statesman reviews the show Everything I See I Swallow as performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival:

Finally, they agree with Charlotte Brontë’s understanding – “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will” – and they become bound to one another’s trust. They unravel rope around each other, and rely on their balanced weights to keep the routine seamless. Both finally on the same rope, Olivia helps her mother climb up above her, in a fierce depiction of strength and elegance. (Ellen Peirson-Hagger)

The Circus Diaries also posts a review:

This climax is preceeded by a battle of quotes, where each character reaches for various feminist thinkers, from Margaret Atwood to Story of O, from Jane Eyre to Beyoncé. (Stav Meishar) 

The upcoming Brontë Festival of Women's Writing (September 20-22 in Haworth) is highlighted in Woman & Home:

The Brontë sisters were a literary tour de force in the 19th Century, with novels such as Charlotte’s Jane Eyre and Emily’s Wuthering Heights continuing to have an impact on the written work of both male and female authors into the present day.
And to pay homage to this, the Brontë Festival of Women’s Writing is taking place from September 20th – September 22nd at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, West Yorkshire with the event featuring a packed programme of talks, including some themes which have dominated headlines in 2019.
#MeToo, Time’s Up & Violence Against Women will see Bridget Lawless and Rachel Marsh discuss issues raised by the recently launched Staunch Prize – of which Lawless is the founder – which aims to draw attention to ‘the excessive amount of violence towards women in fiction’.
Common People with Kit de Waal – who has guest curated the festival and compiled Common People – Katy Massey, Julie Noble and Cathy Rentzenbrink will talk about the pioneering, crowd-funded anthology of the same name which features thirty-two essays, poems and pieces of personal memoir from well-known and as-yet-published writers from working-class backgrounds from the length and breadth of the UK.
De Waal said, “It’s never been more important to hear the voices of working class women who manage to write, despite the barriers of time and money and society’s attitude towards literary spaces and the right to be heard.
“But we also write because of the barriers, because we push against them and find in that struggle a unique voice, our take on the world.
“We have tried to include as many diverse interests as possible in our programme, and we hope everyone will find something that speaks to them.” (Miriam Habtesellasie)

Music Radar interviews Del Palmer, former bassist of Kate Bush:

Richard Purden: What were your early impressions of Kate back then?D.P.: “I thought ‘Where does this girl get all her energy from?’ She would be up at the crack of dawn, and she didn’t stop from that point onwards. She would travel into London for dance classes, come home and sing, then play and work on the music. When I was completely knackered and had to sleep, she would still be working on Wuthering Heights at two o’clock in the morning - to the point where we would get complaining letters from the neighbours. Up until 1979, she was absolutely full of energy and so driven to get her work out there. 

Kerrang! interviews Peter Murphy, from the band Bauhaus:

Gothic novels like Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein dealt with a lot of staring into the sea, reflecting on unrequited love, and the enormous, extraordinary pain of being mortal. To truly be “goth” is to understand the sheer darkness and power of one’s own feelings. (Cat Jones)

En Son Haber (Turkey) has a list of world classics:

 Uğultulu TepelerÖlümünden bir yıl önce bitirdiği Uğultulu Tepeler'deki kişilerin yalnızca hayal ürünü kişiler olmadığı, Brontë'nin çevresindeki gerçek kişilerden derin izler taşıdığı da bir gerçektir. Sevgi, kin, nefret, öç alma tutkusu gibi güçlü duygularla örülü bu gençlik öyküsü, patladı patlayacak bir cinsellikle doludur. Daha otuz yaşındayken veremden ölen, son derece duyarlı, hiç evlenmemiş bu genç kadın yazar, tüm canlılığıyla bu romanda vardır. Okuyanın yaşına, deneyimlerine ve duyarlılığına göre değişkenlik gösteren, farklı zamanlarda okunduğunda değişik tatlar veren, tekrar tekrar okuma isteği uyandıran bir başyapıt. (...)
Jane EyreXIX. yüzyıl İngilteresi'nde, her türlü tutuculuğun kol gezdiği Victoria döneminde geçen Jane Eyre, birçoklarınca kadın hak ve özgürlüklerine sahip çıkan ilk romanlardan biri olarak kabul edilir. Yazarı Charlotte Brontë'nin yaşamından izler de taşıyan roman, hayatın sillesini yiyen yapayalnız bir genç kızın güçlü bir kadına dönüşmesinin öyküsüdür. (Özel İçerik) (Translation)

Buzz webzine (France) offers advice to follow the 'prairie' fashion:

Bien choisir sa robe « prairie » : les matières
Pour coller à la tendance mode automne/hiver 2019, on conserve les matières vaporeuses tout en délicatesse et en transparence qui ont fait le succès de la robe prairie pendant l’été, mais on la choisit à manches longues avec un col montant histoire de ne pas mourir de froid. Ce n’est pas parce qu’on se déguise en Jane Eyre qu’on est obligées d’attraper la pneumonie aussi. (Marie B.) (Translation)

The Brontës and phrenology is the subject of this week's post on AnneBrontë.org.