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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Tamara Kormornick and India Block

The Standard podcast: Wuthering Heights is fifty shades of Earl Grey tea

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Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff and Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw - (© 2026 Warner Bros. Ent.)

Emerald Fennel’s sizzling film adaptation of Emily Bronte’s canonical novel has divided critics ahead of its public release on Saturday 14.

In this episode of The Standard podcast, host Tamara Kormornick speaks to The Standard’s culture and lifestyle writer, India Block, about the gothic-inspired romance starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, from Fennel’s controversial creative choices to Charli XCX’s unexpected soundtrack.

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