Daily Mail is not impressed with the stage adaptation of Jane Austen's
Northanger Abbey at Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.
If only they'd focused on all that, it might have been more fun. Either way, it needs another title to acknowledge that they've driven a coach and horses through Austen's original. calling it Wuthering Abbey or Northanger Heights might also recognise Cath's relocation to Brontë country. (Patrick Marmion)
A new programme of exhibitions, talks and activities at the Brontë Parsonage Museum will focus on the formative years of Branwell, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. ‘The Brontës Web of Childhood’ will feature diaries, portraits, schoolbooks and toys, and several of Branwell and Charlotte’s ‘Little Books’ – tiny handmade and written publications smaller than a matchbox created for their toy soldiers. Alongside the exhibition, a new textile installation entitled ‘Tactile Turmoil’ by artist Ellie Brennan. Runs 1 February 2024 – 1 January 2025.
Varsity offers advice on 'packing your bookcase for the term' and the contributor says that,
Along with the necessary tomes, I pack dozens of non subject-related books, believing this may finally be the term I actually read for pleasure. So far I have been only partially successful in this mission, having staggered through only a handful of books in my ludicrous literary collection. In the interest of rising to the task of my English degree, Michaelmas of first year saw my bookshelves laden with classics: Jane Eyre, Hard Times, Emma—if you could buy it in a clothbound classic edition, it almost certainly found its way into my room.
In reality, reading the back of a cereal packet was about as much as my brain could handle under the weight of starting university. (Loveday Cookson)
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