When the Brontë Parsonage was in the Eurovision song contest

Tonight is the Eurovision Grand Final in Liverpool and The York Press looks back on 1982 when it was hosted in Harrogate.

The BBC broadcast of the 1982 final, presented by Jan Leeming, began with a map of Europe and the words "Where is Harrogate?" popping up across the screen in the languages of the 18 countries taking part that year.

The map then zoomed into where Harrogate is located, and showed the viewers scenes of the town, including the Spring flower show that year, the the Valley Gardens, and guests flocking to the live final in the town centre.

A short film of the “beautiful Yorkshire countryside surrounding Harrogate” was presented to viewers after the acts finished their performances, and included Castle Howard, the Knaresborough Viaduct, Ripon, the Brontë parsonage in Haworth and Fountain’s Abbey. (Emily Horner)

LitHub focuses on the Gothic aspects of the film Le Cinq Diables directed by Léa Mysius.

Think back to the classic Victorian and Gothic novels of the 19th century: Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are not simply romances but actually quite frightening and dramatic stories (wives in attics, unrequited love, abandonment, suicide, affairs, mismatched marriages, even a little magic). If we go back another century to these classic tales’ 18th-century predecessors (think Ann Radcliffe), we find romances snagged by ghost stories, exotic locales, strangers with mysterious pasts. In short, The Five Devils is a cinematic Gothic novel for the contemporary age. (Laura Valenza)

Fémina (France) recommends five novels for those who have loved Bridgerton's Queen Charlotte.

« Jane Eyre » de Charlotte Brontë

On finit par un autre chef d'oeuvre de la littérature. Voici une épopée, mythique, à lire au moins une fois dans sa vie, qui fait voyager dans la société anglaise du XIXe. Dans son livre sorti en 1847, Charlotte Brontë dénonce le déterminisme social, via l’histoire d’amour entre son héroïne Jane Eyre - une orpheline devenue gouvernante - et M. Rochester - son « maître », un homme riche et mystérieux. Une passion contrariée par les classes sociales, mais puissante et sincère. Culte et passionnant. (Charlotte Vaccaro) (Translation)

More of Frances O'Connor's Emily in Italy on Globalist and Cinematographe. Finally, an alert for today, May 13, in Mar del Plata (Argentina):

A las 18.30 de este sábado en la sala de Teatro Estudio (Independencia 2233) tendrá lugar una nueva función del ciclo Cine Debate que coordina, como es habitual, el crítico Diego Menegazzi.

En esa oportunidad se proyectará el filme “Las hermanas Brontë” de André Techiné, protagonizada por Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle Huppert, Marie-France Pisier y Pascal Greggory. Esta producción francesa de 1979 fue parte de la selección oficial del Festival de Cannes. (La Capital Mar del Plata) (Translation)