Jan Eyre mattered

Express reports that Aylesbury has been voted (in a poll of 11,172 people) the worst place to live in England but undaunted visitors can still tour its Brontë-related locations.

Britons who decide to visit despite the town’s ranking can head to Oakwell Hall, featured in the novel Shirley by Charlotte Brontë.

Brontë history can also be found at Dewbury Minster where Patrick Brontë was once curate. (Sarah Kante)

The Telegraph features the story of a violin made from the floorboards of Sir Ernest Shackleton's old house and reminds its readers of the fact that,

Steve Burnett, a violin maker and conservationist, has previously made instruments in tribute to Emily Brontë, the author, and Wilfred Owen, the war poet, using wood from tree branches from locations closely associated with them. (Daniel Sanderson)

It was made out of an old sycamore tree near the Brontë Parsonage as a celebration of Emiy Brontë's bicentenary. 

Psychology Today discusses the importance of 'mattering'.

Following many trials and tribulations, including a lost love, a broken heart, and a dangerous journey, Jane Eyre arrived sick and penniless in a new town. There, as a teacher, she eventually found respect and appreciation from the community: “I felt I became a favourite in the neighbourhood. Whenever I went out, I heard on all sides cordial salutations, and was welcomed with friendly smiles. To live amidst general regard … is like "sitting in sunshine, calm and sweet." This is how Charlotte Bronte described her protagonist’s sense of mattering. (Isaac Prilleltensky Ph.D.)

A contributor to The Korea Times discusses love in literature mentioning both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights with spoilers aplenty.

In "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Jane is a penniless orphan employed as a governess in the mansion owned by a rich landlord, Edward Rochester. Despite their incompatible social standing, Edward proposes marriage to her. But their wedding ceremony is abruptly halted, as an uninvited guest testifies that Edward already has a wife. Jane moves out and becomes a teacher in another town.

One year later, Jane learns that Edward's mad wife set fire to their home and jumped off the roof to her death, and that Edward lost one hand and became blind. Jane returns to Edward and marries him, not because she feels sorry for him, but because she truly loves him.

In "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë, Catherine grows up with Heathcliff, an orphan brought home by her father. She loves him dearly, but she has no intention of degrading herself by marrying him. Instead, she marries Edgar Linton, a well-to-do and polished young man. Heathcliff runs away and disappears without a trace. Years later, he returns as a well-groomed and financially independent man. He tries to win Catherine's love back. Catherine dies after giving birth to a baby girl. Devastated, Heathcliff has visions of her and stops eating. Four days later, he is found dead. In death, he finally achieves union with Catherine by being buried next to her grave. (Lee Hyon-soo)

Las nueve musas (Spain) features Bernard Herrmann's Brontë-inspired compositions: the soundtrack for Jane Eyre 1944 and his Wuthering Heights opera.

Otro ejemplo digno de mención, aunque en este caso de lealtad entre el producto literario y el cinematográfico, es Alma rebelde (Jane Eyre, 1943), largometraje dirigido por Robert Stevenson sobre un guión de Aldous Huxley e interpretado por Orson Welles y Joan Fontaine. Su banda sonora, modélica, fue creada por el compositor neoyorquino Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975), famoso sobre todo por sus colaboraciones con Welles y Hitchcock. El músico era un enamorado de la novela gótica inglesa del siglo XIX, especialmente de la obra de las hermanas Brontë. Su entrega al proyecto, una vez que lo rechazara el mismísimo Stravinsky, fue total, y supo percibir la substancia última de la novela de Charlotte Brontë. La partitura se construye a partir de tres temas principales: el de Jane, femenino, dulce y sombrío, expuesto por el oboe o las cuerdas; el de Rochester, enérgico y casi brutal, reservado a los metales; y el tema de amor para la relación entre ambos, una de las melodías más extensas de su carrera. Piano y celesta se integran en el conjunto orquestal para lograr particulares efectos, mientras el arpa, el vibráfono y el órgano esbozan los toques misteriosos que requiere el argumento.

Herrmann diría posteriormente que «en un proyecto como ése no necesitaba siquiera ver el filme, bastaba con recordar el libro». Y ciertamente la música de la película encierra una tan fidedigna adaptación de la novela y del ambiente romántico y morboso a partes iguales del mundo de ficción de las hermanas, que algunos de sus temas musicales servirán de base al compositor para construir su única ópera, Wuthering Heights (1951), inspirada en la novela Cumbres borrascosas de Emily Brontë. El aria de Cathy Oh, I am burning del acto tercero y el Preludio al acto cuarto son citas textuales del tema de amor de Jane Eyre. Así pues, la desventura de Heathcliff y su obsesión loca y enfermiza tuvieron transposición al universo operístico, donde una vez más la captación del entorno brumoso y opresivo de la historia original devino su gran acierto. (Translation)

Grupo La Provincia (Argentina)  interviews writer Cristina Bajo who speaks about why the Brontës and Jane Austen were her favourite writers when she started reading novels.

La literatura inglesa me interesa muchísimo porque prácticamente los géneros literarios nacieron ahí. Yo nunca pude encontrar en la literatura española, y eso que mi madre tenía muchísimos libros de novelas de la época y muchas históricas lindas, nunca pude encontrar una especie de Jane Eyre, una Jane Austen, una Charlote o una Emily Bronte. Sí encontré algunas que hacían naturalismo, que eran muy buenas, pero les faltaba ese toque de sutileza, sentimiento y romanticismo que tenían las inglesas. (Translation)

Ilkley Gazette reports on this year's Daleside Auld Lang Syne fell race.

This 6.7mile event, with 1000ft of climbing, starts from the quarry bottom on Penistone, goes along the Brontë way and up to the ruins of Top Withens, before returning downhill to finish at the cricket pitch on Penistone Hill.

HMV lists the forthcoming film Emily as one of 2022's dramas to look forward to.