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In response to questions about when the DNA samples will be taken, it is necessary to put the whole thing into context, as the si...

Brontë Society Council gave the go-ahead for the DNA sampling at a meeting on Saturday. Here's some more information: the Parsonage has...

Popular Romance writer Nora Roberts has selected Charlotte Brontës Jane Eyre as the most romantic Valentine's Day book. In her Febru...

Our congratulations to Ruth Wilson, fresh out of LAMDA, who will be Jane Eyre in a new BBC TV production directed by Susanna Wh...

Rumour has it that Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp have been lined up to play Cathy and Heathcliff in a new movie ...

The schools' opera project One Mighty Voice began last September and is now moving into its final phase. The project has been a huge c...

Interactive 3D Virtual Reality Tour of the Brontë Parsonage Museum £14.99 Explore the fascinating home of the Brontë family. Walk throu...

It’s Mozart’s 250th of course, and there’s plenty on him in the media. I was reading about the strong Masonic influences on his music ...

Authors in Context: The Brontës by Patricia Ingham , Oxford University Press, 2006, 273pp, paperback, ISBN 0-19-284035-5 £7.99 Authors in...

You don't have to live there to send for a copy of Selina's book, though... Brussels in Brontë Times A Historic Picture Album by Se...

My Mother’s Wedding Dress by Justine Picardie, Picador, 2005, 335pp, hardback, ISBN 0-330-41306-6 £12.99 Justine Picardie (who will be s...

Greetings to the moving forces behind the other blogs devoted to all aspects of the Brontës, especially to Cristina and the mysterious M, (M...

Photo taken in Milan 2005 Two of my poems inspired by Haworth and the Brontë atmosphere: HAWORTH SKY Grey thundering morning clouds In a ra...

The new website of the Brontë Society's Italian section is well worth a visit. It can be found at http://www.bronteitalia.it/

This will take place at the Parsonage on Saturday 8 (10am - 4pm) and Sunday 9 April 2006. The weekend will include a unique opportunity to v...

Art and craft workshops for children between the ages of 5 and 11 will be held at the Parsonage on Friday 24 February. The price is £3.75 f...

To join the American Brontë Society, email Theresa Connors: Tj7continents@aol.com

The annual poetry competition for children sixteen years and under is now underway. The closing date for entries is 31 July. Entry is free. ...

Shared Experience's play Brontë has received much attention and many positive reviews in the last few months. This one appears in the m...

Passages Dappled dusty rays dance On well-worn smoke-laden upholstery. I lean back in the unforgiving oak chair, a battered copy of Jane Eyr...