Catch-Farts and Cannabis. A Peculiar Literary Landscape

Reader's Digest recommends biographies to read:

The Brontë Myth by Lucasta Miller (2001)

The three Brontë sisters have been the subject of many biographies and much gossip. In this examination, author Lucasta Miller illustrates how the evolving views of the Brontës say more about the times in which these biographies were written than they do about the famous siblings themselves. Through research, Miller dispels myths and poses new theories, drawing readers in with her funny and frank style. (Jennifer Brozak and Tria Wen)

The Sunday Times reviews The Voyage Home by Pat Barker:

Briseis’s nursing friend Ritsa, who has taken up the story, is a middle-aged former freewoman and a phlegmatic coper. She terms herself “catch-fart” to “the convoluted” manic prophetess Cassandra. There is a fleeting reminiscence in their resentful co-dependent relationship to that of Bertha Rochester, the mad wife in the attic of Jane Eyre, and her servant-keeper Grace Poole. (Patricia Nicol)

Far Out Magazine praises Caroline Polachek, but before her, others paved the way:

Before Polachek assumed her place as the leading light of art-pop, Bush paved the way for the current generation to thrive. She demonstrated her vocal and artistic prowess from the moment she released her debut single, the literary-inspired ‘Wuthering Heights’, which made her the first woman to reach number one with a self-written song. The artsy instrumentation and impossibly high vocals kicked off the distinctive style that Bush would become known for. (Elle Palmer)

The Independent recommends an exhibition in London for the end of September:

But London isn’t quite getting all the glory, with Paula Rego: Visions of English Literature at Nottingham’s Djanogly Gallery (21 Sept-5 Jan), exploring a little-considered aspect of the great Portuguese-born artist’s often disturbing vision. While I’ve always found Rego’s paintings a shade illustrative, that becomes a positive virtue in dazzlingly inventive prints that explore the dark underside of the British imagination, from nursery rhymes to Wuthering Heights to Peter Pan. (Mark Hudson)

The Telegraph & Argus reports a police operation (from two years ago) near the Brontë Birthplace:

The Bradford West Neigbourhood Policing Team (NPT) went to an address in Market Street, Thornton - the same street that the Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne, and their brother, Branwell, were born - in July 2022.

This was in relation to community intelligence regarding a commercial property which was suspected of producing cannabis. (Brad Deas)

Semana (Spain) explores the library of Alejandra Rubio, a Spanish Internet socialite:

Echando un ojo por los libros que se pueden ver en su librería, podemos encontrar una gran variedad de títulos. Estos van desde clásicos de la literatura hasta las sagas juveniles más famosas de la actualidad. Entre los primeros vemos "Una habitación propia" de Virgina Woolf, así como "Mujeres" de Charles Bukowski, "Cumbres borrascosas" de Emily Brontë (tanto en inglés como en español), "El Príncipe" de Nicolás Maquiavelo, "El retrato de Dorian Gray" de Oscar Wilde, "Así habló Zaratustra" de Nietzsche, "Introducción al psicoanálisis" de Freud y "Antología poética" de Federico García Lorca. (Laura Ortiz) (Translation)