Six inspiring cultural sites worth travelling to: from castles to Brontë country Where will a National Art Pass take you? Discover more than 240 museums, galleries and historic places for free The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Jane Eyre: a Musical – an intimate Brontë adaptation that misses the novel’s darkness Jane Eyre may describe herself as “plain, and little”, but how do you make a little musical about a literary heroine who looms so large? That question lies at the heart of Jane Eyre: a Musical, currently on at London’s Southwark Playhouse. The Conversation · Oct 9
Why the places we love in books can never quite be found in real life From the Brontës’ Haworth to Jane Austen’s Bath, Wordsworth’s Lake District and Thomas Hardy’s Dorset, literary places continue to exert a powerful hold over readers. The Conversation · Sep 17
Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell shares how the Brontë sisters influence her work Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell has spoken about the figures who have shaped and inspired her career, as she appears on The Independent’s Influence List marking International Women’s Day. The Independent UK · Mar 8
‘Bored by all the sex and violins’: readers on Wuthering Heights film Reaction to Emerald Fennell’s movie adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi The Guardian - UK · Feb 18
‘It was spooky’: folk singer Olivia Chaney on how a song reflecting her own Brontë-ish love triangle wound up in Wuthering Heights Offsetting Charli xcx, Chaney’s take on 19th-century ballad Dark Eyed Sailor accompanies Margot Robbie on the moors – but it’s just a tiny part of her culture-crossing, history-vaulting musical catalogue The Guardian - UK · Feb 16
2026 Is the Year for Gothic Romance Lovers — Here Are 5 Ways to Make Your Interior Scheme Brontë-Approved Suddenly I'm planning all the ways to bring lace, chainmail, and tented drapery into my apartment Livingetc · Feb 14
Margot Robbie in red latex, Kate Bush impersonators and a pint of Emily ale: my crash course in Brontëmania As Wuthering Heights gets a raunchy Hollywood remake, our writer takes a pilgrimage through Haworth, the village where its author lived – and finds her spirit still electrifying the cobbled streets and windswept moors The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025
Spare us from romcom Austen. Give me the dark side of 19th-century life any day Why sanitise or sugarcoat the classics? New adaptations of Austen and Brontë could explore everything from slavery to death in childbirth, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2025
Lumière Film Festival: Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein', AI and the ‘dangerous times’ we live in "Art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go f*ck itself!” Guillermo del Toro is a guest of honour at this year’s Lumière Film Festival. He presents his adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", which audiences got to see on the big screen before it streams on Netflix… Euronews · Oct 16, 2025
Natalie Haynes: ‘I’ll never read anything by a Brontë again’ The author and comedian on the immortal lines of Snoopy, discovering the heart of Homer’s Iliad and her culinary comfort read The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025
‘I had to think about Andrew Tate. That was miserable’: 150 years of masculinity, all in one play Revered for her work on Succession and Normal People, Alice Birch has now written an era-spanning play about men, novels and the manosphere. Give me a Brontë any day, she says The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025
Emerald Fennell's first trailer for Wuthering Heights is here and it looks freaky as hell The first look features erotic bread kneading, bodice ripping and fingering a fish. Emily Brontë fans are on the warpath Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025
Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi’s Wuthering Heights Trailer Cops Mixed Reviews While some fans love Emerald Fennell’s erotic gothic style, others aren’t so sold on the adaptation. Pedestrian.tv · Sep 3, 2025
WhatToWatch · Jul 2, 2025 The Survivors episode 3 recap: Brian is arrested for murder, but did he kill Bronte? The Survivors episode 3 sees Brian arrested, but has someone set him up?
The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025 TV tonight: a fun reboot of early 00s reality show Faking It Channel 5 revives the series with a luxury estate agent who becomes a northern market trader. Plus: one of the worst disasters in NHS history. Here’s what to watch this evening
The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2025 Brontë sisters’ Bradford birthplace opens for visitors Queen Camilla opens house, refurbished after 18-month fundraising campaign, where you can stay ‘in the same room the Brontës slept in’
Salon · Apr 25, 2025 "You" and the illusion of change Joe's inner monologue manipulates viewers into empathizing with a man locked in a cycle of violence and control
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2025 Milan fashion week: Prada liberates as Max Mara brings Brontë drama Prada’s roomy dresses are an answer to restrictive women’s fashion, while Max Mara aims for ‘the corridors of power’
Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2025 Jacob Elordi goes full Heathcliff on the red carpet with his bold new Brontë look Jacob Elordi is once again breaking the boundaries of what we can be attractive. And this time — it’s mutton chops
The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025 We don’t have the swagger of Manchester or the sheen of Leeds, but Bradford has a radical culture all its own The city of culture celebrations will show the truth breadth of our community, from the Brontës to the working-class plays of Andrea Dunbar, says Lanre Bakare, Guardian arts correspondent
The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024 Deborah Levy: ‘A writer’s career is choppy – I was 50 when I found success’ Her ‘living autobiographies’ and novels have earned her legions of fans, but that success was hard won. Deborah Levy talks about stamina, boldness, and finding delight in the details
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024 Digested week: sausage surrealism and a bowlful of Doom Loops Plus, a Brooklyn prison odd-couple comedy, an accent challenge for two Australians, and alpaca cuts hit the US
Louder · Jul 31, 2024 “I’ve never had a fear of expressing things." Ms Amy Birks and the story of her second album In Our Souls Two years after the release of her solo debut, Ms Amy Birks is back with In Our Souls.