When we are away from home, our thoughts often turn to the place we left and the people who live there. We see a perfect example of that in Anne Brontë’s poem “Home”, and we also see it at the…
The Brontes And Mothering Sunday
Here in the UK, we are today celebrating Mother’s Day. Mothering Sunday as it was once called was originally a day when domestic servants were given a day away from their duties to visit their mother parish and see their…
The Brontes On Womanhood
Today is International Women’s Day. This important celebration began in 1911, and it’s just as important today as it has ever been. In today’s post we are going to look at what the Brontë sisters had to say about being…
The Death And Obituaries Of Mary Taylor
When we look at the Brontë story we concentrate, inevitably, on Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë; we look further at Branwell Brontë, at the Brontë siblings Maria and Elizabeth Brontë, and at the Brontë parents Patrick and Maria. There are…
The Bronte Love Of Pets
This week saw one of my very favourite celebrations – National Love Your Pet Day. I’m lucky enough to have a tortoise called Ovid and a terrier called Matisse in my life, and they brighten up every day. The Brontës…
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I’ve been running this website since September 2015, and it’s been a real labour of love. In that time I’ve shared at least a post a week about Anne Brontë and her family, sometimes more. We’ve looked at Brontë related…
Valentine’s Love In The Bronte Parsonage
All you need is love, said a famous and fabulous foursome. Today we’re going to be looking at another fab four who received some love on this weekend in 1840: Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë and their friend Ellen Nussey.…
The Wuthering Heights Bracelet
I’m sure you’ve noticed that there’s a new ‘Wuthering Heights’ film coming out next week (a still from it is featured at the head of this post)? Its adverts are as ubiquitous on billboards as they are online, and the…
Anne Bronte’s Prayer
One of my personal highlights of 2025, other than my marriage of course which was the highlight of my life, was being invited to address the Brussels Brontë Group in the city that two of the Brontë sisters, Charlotte Brontë…
The Brontes On Burns Night
It’s the 25th of January, which means we’ve nearly made it through this grey, seemingly interminable month – surely the longest month of the year. For Scottish people, and literature lovers across the globe, this day brings a moment of…