The Brontë sisters as delightful pumpkins

It's a time for stockpiling all the smiles you can get and here's something delightful towards that. The Brontë sisters as Pumpkins outside Waterstones in Bradford. As reported by The Telegraph and Argus:

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Bradford Bid has teamed up with a creative arts organisation to carve out some seasonal fun with the city’s first Pumpkin Trail, which starts today and runs to Saturday.

Nikki Chadburn, Bradford BID business engagement officer, said: "The pumpkins are really spectacular and expertly carved. They're scattered around the city centre; outside, in shopping centres and hanging baskets to provide plenty of space for people to social distance while looking at the displays." [...]

In addition to historical pumpkins depicting the Bronte sisters, Bollywood dancers, a sheep and a shepherd to signify the wool trade, there are fun pumpkins such as a bank robber outside Santander and a hanging basket Singing in the Rain pumpkin. (Daryl Ames)

Also locally, The Telegraph and Argus invite readers to have their say in cultural matters in the area.

It's the last chance for people to have their say on cultural life in the district as a survey ends shortly.

People are being urged to give their views ahead of Bradford's bid to be the next UK City of Culture in 2025.

A survey was launched earlier this month to garner opinion to help form a ten-year cultural plan for the area.

The organisation behind the survey, Bradford Cultural Place Partnership, aims to understand what culture really means to the people of the district.

The online survey, which is being funded by Bradford Council and Arts Council England, involves answering a few quick questions.

"It could be the National Science and Media Museum or the Brontë Parsonage at Haworth, or Billy Pearce in pantomime at the Alhambra.

“Bradford district is a strong contender to be the next UK City of Culture. Regardless of the outcome of our bid, we believe that a thriving culture is key to the future success of our district. That’s why we’re making a 10-year plan for it and that’s why we need your help,” starts the survey.

For further information and to complete the survey, click here before the end of the month. The cultural plan should be completed next year. (Jo Winrow)

The Brown Daily Herald is not a fan of the new film adaptation of Rebecca.

Ironically, Wheatley’s decision to diminish the climax of the fire undercuts the integrity of the film. By reducing the significance of such a symbolic scene — which alludes to one of the most renowned gothic novels, Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre” — the suspense that haunted much of the film culminates in a lackluster ending. (Chanikarn Kovavisarach)

Michigan Daily recommends Crimson Peak for Halloween.

“Crimson Peak” blends the unhinged passion and expansive vistas of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” the psychological terror of Henry James’s “Turn of The Screw,” the manic science of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and a dollop of Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” to create a modern yet delightfully familiar Gothic production, told with Del Toro’s signature cinematic excellence. (Andrew Warrick)