Now that Mia Wasikowska (of “Alice in Wonderland”, 2010-edition fame) is breathing life back in Jane Eyre for a new generation of movie-goers, Brontë Country in Yorkshire, England, is hot again. Ready ...
It doesn’t take long for me to pull on my hiking boots and make for Haworth Moor. It’s here where the Brontës would roam with their dog Grasper, playing “brigands and bandits” and these wild, ...
Jane Austen’s bit of England is the “green and pleasant land” of the old Anglican hymn. The tears, aching hearts and (for the most part) happy endings were based on the author’s experiences in the ...
The latest movie adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre” — with Mia Wasikowska as the determined Jane and Michael Fassbender as her partner in the tale of love, despair, triumph and tragedy — ...
Brontë Country is a term often used to describe the beautiful corner of England where the great literary sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë lived and drew inspiration for their novels. The ...
There is a particular kind of thrill that comes from seeing a landscape you’ve only ever imagined in print or on screen. I felt that the first time I stood on a windswept moor, wind in my hair, and ...
One of the artworks is built from rocks and covered in fleeces, all sourced from the surrounding area A new art trail has opened on the moors overlooking the village of Haworth, once home to the ...
The hairs on the back of my neck tingle as I stare at the mourning bracelet once worn by Charlotte Brontë. Its purple-red garnet glimmers from the centre of a band woven with the hair of her sisters, ...