I journeyed from Yorkshire to London and back again this weekend, and so forgive me if today’s post is a little shorter than usual. Of course, it’s a voyage that Anne Brontë herself made in July 1848, on her one…
Month: April 2019
Happy Birthday Charlotte Brontë And Ellen Nussey
I know that many people today will be laying out egg hunts in their beautiful gardens, cooking a roast and spending quality time with the people they love – to those I say Happy Easter. There’s another cause for joy,…
The Brontës, Butterfield And Trouble At The Mill
Anne Brontë was a lover of truth above all else, she did after all write that, ‘If I can gain the public ear at all, I would rather whisper a few wholesome truths therein than much soft nonsense.’ That’s one…
Why Did The Brontë Sisters Turn To Novels?
“The heavy, walnut door creaked on its hinges in the Paternoster Row office, and candles flickered around a room that was as gloomy within as the fog drenched street without. ‘A letter for you, Mr Aylott’, a shy, quiet voice…
