Branwell Brontë at the Nelly

Daily Mail looks (again) at the classics mentioned by Taylor Swift in her songs.

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë 

Taylor references many elements of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel Jane Eyre. 

She even goes as far as to name one of her songs after a quote from the book: Dear Reader from the song on Midnights, released in October 2022, is a nod to: 'Dear Reader, I married him', one of the most famous lines in literature.  

Brontë's direct appeal to the reader breaks with convention and is unique - so it can be no coincidence that Taylor too suddenly addresses her fans. 

In the novel, Mr Rochester tells Jane early on: 'I have a strange feeling with regard to you: as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a similar string in you'.

The idea of being connected by a 'single string' comes to life in Invisible String on Folklore - as Taylor sings 'all along there was just some invisible string tying me to you', adding depth to her romance by referencing one hundreds of years old. 

Fans have been quick to point out that Taylor also holds a gold string in her Cardigan and Willow music videos, the lead singles from folklore and evermore. 

Meanwhile 'mad woman' on folklore seems to tell the other side of the story - of course, Rochester's first wife, Bertha, is locked away in the attic and proclaimed mad - while Jane is unaware of this. 

'No one likes a mad woman,' explains Taylor, in her own song. (Eleanor Dye)

Yorkshire Live features Luddenden Foot.

"This is the central part of Luddenden," she explained, pointing towards the The Lord Nelson Inn, a Grade II listed building where poet and painter Branwell Bronte once had a beverage or two when he worked as station-master at Luddenden Foot Station. Locals call it the 'Nelly'. (Andrew Robinson)

The Telegraph and Argus shares some behind-the-scenes pictures of films shot in Yorkshire including Wuthering Heights 1970.