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Brontë’s Heathcliff wasn’t white. Jacob Elordi is. Is that a problem?

The race of Heathcliff, the brooding antihero of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel Wuthering Heights, is a much-discussed element of the classic tale.

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Don’t fall in love this Valentine’s Day – read Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights is back in the news and racing up the bestseller lists, thanks to a new film version by the provocative director Emerald Fennell, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. The film is marketing Wuthering Heights as “the world’s greatest love story”.

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Is Wuthering Heights actually romantic? Heathcliff would say no

Emerald Fennell’s film of Wuthering Heights, starring Australian actors Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff and Margot Robbie as Catherine, bills itself as the “greatest love story of all time”. A poll of British readers agreed.

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Wuthering Heights review – too hot, too greedy adaptation guarantees bad dreams in the night

Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë is an emotionally hollow, bodice-ripping misfire that misuses Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi but makes the most of Martin Clunes

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s no romcom’: why the real Wuthering Heights is too extreme for the screen

The new film adaptation by Saltburn director Emerald Fennell looks set to be provocative – but nowhere near as shocking as Emily Brontë’s original

The Guardian - UK

Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a dark parable about coercive control

Coercive or controlling behaviour in an intimate or family relationship became a criminal offence in the UK in December 2015. The legislation was the result of a long campaign by the charity Women’s Aid to extend understanding of domestic abuse beyond physical violence. But, over 150 years earlier, Emily Brontë…

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Train troubles and funny voices – take the Thursday quiz (Bernard Cribbins special)

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

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West Indies v England: third Test, day three – as it happened

Joshua Da Silva’s century and Kyle Mayers’ five-for left England facing a humiliating defeat in Grenada

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