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…
Happy 206th Birthday Anne Bronte
This weekend has been one to celebrate for Brontë lovers, and especially for fans of the youngest Brontë sister, for it has marked the 206th anniversary of the birth of Anne Brontë in Thornton, near Bradford. In recent years there…
An Archbishop Speaks
Archbishops of Canterbury have been very much in the news recently, as the new Archbishop Sarah Mullally gave her official new year address after becoming the first woman to hold the post. Patrick and Charlotte Brontë themselves knew a future…
An Account Of Monsieur Heger
The new year has arrived, and we now enter the twelfth year of my Anne Brontë, and Brontë family, blog. Thank you again for all the great comments over the last few weeks, I’m always happy to read them, and…