One of the greatest insights into the lives of the Brontë sisters comes through the letters of Charlotte Brontë. Emily wrote letters very rarely, and whilst Anne Brontë may have penned more we have few surviving letters from her. Thankfully…
The Brontes And The Sea
You may have noticed that last Sunday marked a very rare occurrence in this blog – my weekly post failed to appear! Really sorry about that, I was at sea on a Scandinavian cruise and I ran into technical problems…
The Brontes And Burton Agnes
It’s a short Sunday blog from me today, as I’ve just returned from a weekend visiting family at Bridlington – or should I say Burlington as it was called when Charlotte Brontë visited it? There are many picturesque and historic…
The Nussey Family
We are about to enter a trio of days which were joyous ones in the Brontë story – birthdays worth celebrating, all following hot on the heels after each other. Tuesday is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Charlotte…
A Proposal Accepted
Welcome to another new Brontë blog post! I hope you all had a Happy Easter last week; this is a time for joy and celebration, a time to look forward to warmer and cheerier days ahead, so it’s fitting that…
An Easter Letter From Charlotte Bronte
Easter time can be a very busy time for people, whether it’s planning and cooking a big family meal, shopping for chocolate eggs and other essentials, or heading off on a springtime vacation. It can be even busier, of course,…
The Brontes On Palm Sunday
Have you recovered from springing forward yet? UK based readers of this blog will be aware that this morning marked the date when clocks go forward an hour – we lose an hour of sleep, and to me it always…
Charlotte Bronte – Feeling Sour
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…