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Sunday, September 10, 2023

The Dewsbury Reporter mentions that St Saviour's Church in Batley will be celebrating Heritage Days next September 16:
There is a frieze of Minton tiles, a beautiful East Window, a Millennium Window designed by the congregation, an altar rail by Robert Thompson (‘The Mouseman of Kilburn’) and a painting of Christ by Hans Richter-Damm. The church has a historical connection to Charlotte Brontë as her friend Ellen Nussey lived nearby in Brookroyd House. (Adam Cheshire)
Rosemary Goring in The Herald echoes the dream of many readers of this blog:
The idea of seeking out a deathbed is creepy. It's one thing to find oneself in an old house, where such events must have been common, quite another to go in search of them. And yet, if you were to tell me to choose between a hotel where Dostoevsky or Jane Austen had spent a week, and one with no literary connections, I'd follow in the writers' footsteps. And if the housekeeper of Dove Cottage or the Brontë parsonage slipped me the keys and said I could spent the night there, I wouldn't say no. I might avoid the chaise-longue where at least one of the Brontës coughed their last, but it wouldn't be these writers' deaths I was thinking about as I prowled around, but the life they lived while here.

The Times (South Africa) interviews the crime writer Karin Slaughter. Talking about her influences:

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. When I first started writing the Grant County series, I used some names from Wuthering Heights and one of the most hilarious reviews I got early on was from someone complaining that what I had written in Blindsighted was not Wuthering Heights. (Bron Sibree)
Jace van den Ven vindicates again Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris by Anjet Daanje in Brabant Cultureel (Nehterlands): 
Vorige keer stak ik nogal de loftrompet over Anjet Daanje en Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris. Ook buiten mijn artikel in Brabant Cultureel galmde ik luidruchtig mijn lof rond. Daarbij ben ik zo een simpele mens dat ik denk dat iedereen het met mij eens ik. Dus trof het mij nogal dat twee zeer belezen vrienden het boek niet overdreven boeiend vonden en het ‘maar met moeite uitgelezen’ hadden. Onvoorstelbaar in mijn ogen, maar ik acht hun mening hoog. (...)
Nadat ik dat via mijn eigen woorden van vijfentwintig jaar geleden opnieuw bedacht had, voelde ik mij niet langer onzeker ten opzichte van mijn belezen vrienden. Het boek van Anjet Daanje had mijn verbeeldingskracht meer geprikkeld dan de hunne en dat hoeft niet per se te maken te hebben met meer of minder gelezen te hebben. De teksten van Daanje fascineerden mij zo omdat ik er Charlotte, Emily en Anna Brontë in zag rondwaren. Zij zagen dat niet. Of ze dachten: ‘Nou en?’
Anne, Emily en Charlotte Brontë en nogmaals Emily Brontë geschilderd door Branwell Brontë.
Anders dan ik vinden zij Emily Brontë misschien helemaal niet dat magische raadsel dat je bij lezing en herlezing steeds weer versteld doet staan, maar de autistisch aangelegde domineesdochter uit de negentiende eeuw die zij natuurlijk ‘eerstens’ was. Mijn eigen verbeeldingskracht gaat misschien niet alleen met haar boek Wuthering Heights op de loop, maar ook met haar als mens. In mijn hoofd zit zij, honderdvijfenzeventig jaar na haar dood, nog steeds te schrijven. En in dat van Anjet Daanje ook. (Translation)
ADN40 (México) and romantic books you should read:
Cumbres borrascosas – Emily Brontë
Uno de los grandes títulos que sigue pasado de generación en generación, es esta novela que fue estrenada por primera vez en 1847 bajo el seudónimo de Ellis Bell; esta novela está ambientada en los años 1770 hasta 1800, trama que cuenta la apasionada per trágica relación entre Heathcliff y Catherine, amor que ha dado paso a diferentes adaptaciones cinematográficas, tales como ‘Jane Eyre’ y hasta diferentes musicales que se han proyectado a través de teatros de todo el mundo. (Translation)

Screenrant describes as follows Kaya Scodelario's Cathy in Wuthering Heights 2011

deeply unlikeable Cathy. (Alisha Grauso)
Marcie Mommieland and things to do in Yorkshire:
Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth
There’s a reason why Yorkshire is often referred to as ‘Brontë Country.’ The literary sisters Emily, Charlotte, and Anne lived in Yorkshire and the wild moors were often a key setting for their novels.
Image of a living room space at the Brontë Parsonage in Haworth England in Yorkshire 
This chaise is supposedly where Emily Brontë died. Photo credit: Marcie Cheung
One of the top things to do in Haworth is to visit the Brontë Parsonage Museum where the women lived with their family for most of their lives. 
It’s a super detailed museum and a must-visit for literary fans. You can read many of their letters and see some of their clothing and personal items. 
There’s also a great kids’ area with activities plus a dress-up area for both adults and kids!
CBR lists enemies-to-lovers romances in anime:
Zuko doesn't end up with Katara in Avatar: The Last Airbender, but that doesn't stop fans from latching on to the episodes where they were a possibility. Zuko is a dark prince with a heavy destiny — a regular Heathcliff-type. Pairing a Byronic hero with a do-gooder love interest will always be popular. (Vera W.)

Sorozatwiki (Hungary) announces the appearance in streaming on HBO Max (Hungary) of the film Emily

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