Where the museum meets the moor

Keighley News features the Another World art installation in Haworth.

Another World, by award-winning design practice NEON, has been inspired by the childhood fantasy worlds of the young Brontës and the rugged landscape which helped shape some of the siblings’ classic works.

The installation – which opens on Saturday, September 18, and runs until October 3 – forms part of Summer Unlocked, a programme of free cultural and sporting events taking place across the Bradford district.

Commissioned to “bring together culture and play”, the work – nine metres in length, four metres tall and nine metres wide – will resemble a giant washing line, with fabric fluttering from it. Audiences will be able to interact with the piece.

Throughout the opening weekend, there will be a range of free activities. Attractions will include the international street performance agency Fool’s Paradise, giant sloths and legendary creatures from Japanese mythology will wander on the Saturday, and oversized fish on stilts and a selfie-obsessed mermaid will be among those entertaining on the Sunday.

Rebecca Yorke, the museum’s interim director, said: “We wanted to create a piece where the museum meets the moor and Another World will do just that. It will be set-up in Parson’s Field, the large meadow at the back of the parsonage, which connects Haworth with the moorland that is so closely linked with the Brontes and their work.

“We are proud to be involved in Summer Unlocked and thrilled to have this opportunity to showcase work that builds on our reputation as one of Bradford’s significant, internationally-renowned cultural organisations, as the whole district looks forward to Bradford’s bid to be UK City of Culture in 2025.”

Harry Jelly, audience development officer for contemporary arts commissions at the museum, said: “One of the most striking things about Another World is how the installation moves with the ever-present wind that ‘wuthers’ across the moors.”

The installation – supported by Bradford Council and Arts Council England – will be open Wednesdays to Sundays, 11am to 4pm. (Alistair Shand)

The Yorkshire Post reports that the natural area around Haworth has been unofficially declared an 'alternative National Park' nearly 80 years after its National Park status was rejected.

The South Pennines Park covers 460 miles of land in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester.

The area is not recognised as a National Park by the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra).

But the Park’s founders say the newly designated area offers a “flexible operating blueprint for managing the landscape that gives people a significant voice.”

The blueprint for the self-declared park has been set up by Pennine Prospects, who are working in partnership with councils in the area, as well as Natural England, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, the National Trust, transport providers and other communities and conservation groups.

Organisers say the collaboration could support key projects on flood protection, tourism, transport, heritage, and conservation.

Areas of Yorkshire included within the park’s boundaries include Hebden Bridge, Keighley and Ilkley.

It also includes the area surrounding Haworth known as Brontë Country. (Victoria Finan)

Still not (that) far from Haworth, in Hathersage, Matlock Mercury reports that 

The George hotel, restaurant and bar, has stood on on Main Road since the 16th century and inspired parts of Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre – and is now beginning a new chapter after extensive renovations. (Ed Dingwall)

A couple of Wuthering Heights fans:

BookMarks interviews writer Alice McDermott:

Book Marks: First book you remember loving?

Alice McDermott: Wuthering Heights.

And Dan's Papers interviews singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega.

1.Favorite book?

Wuthering Heights [by Emily Brontë].

Times of India lists five types of readers including

02/6​ The classics reader

This type of reader is likely to be found at bookstores that offer a rare copy of a classic like 'Jane Eyre', 'Pride and Prejudice', or 'Romeo and Juliet'. There are high chances that they have read every classic known to humankind, and they have done it for sheer fun, not to boast about it. Also, their language and vocabulary are full of quotes from the classics they have read. They are usually sophisticated, and whenever you want to have a deep literary conversation, they are perfect to do so.

According to Fala! Universidades (Brazil) Wuthering Heights is one of several classic novels seeing a boost in popularity thanks to TikTok.

2- O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes, por Emily Brontë

Publicado originalmente em 1847, O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes é um retrato de um romance brutal. E como um ótimo livro clássico, vai ficar na sua lembrança por meses e anos após a leitura. Esse livro vai te surpreender até sobre sua opinião sobre ele, nenhum personagem é 100% bom, nem 100% ruim, tudo é mais complexo que isso e, sem dúvidas, você vai se apaixonar por essa história que por te dar tantas sensações vai parecer real. 

A escrita de Brontë é fácil de ser compreendida e essa história conta com diversas adaptações que podem ser encontradas facilmente em plataformas de streaming. (Translation)