Charlotte Brontë

Ayòbámi Adébáyò: ‘I read The Go-Between by LP Hartley and couldn’t stop crying’

The Booker-longlisted Nigerian author on the elementary appeal of Sherlock Holmes, crying with LP Hartley and the joys of rereading

Ayòbámi Adébáyò

18, Aug, 2023 @9:00 AM

The Moors review – deliciously dark Brontë pastiche

The characters might be the Brontës themselves or they might be from novels such as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, mashed-up with wandering strays from a zombie movie

Arifa Akbar

16, Oct, 2022 @10:42 AM

Why Charlotte Brontë’s tiny £1m pamphlet proves that little things mean a lot | Louisa Young

The book of 13 works has returned to her childhood home

Louisa Young

07, Aug, 2022 @10:00 AM

Ten reasons why Bradford deserves to be 2025’s city of culture

From Charlotte Brontë to David Hockney and Zayn Malik, my home town of Bradford has a rich cultural history – and its beauty is balm for the soul

Saima Mir

02, Jun, 2022 @2:38 PM

Lee Child: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale changed me – hopefully for the better’

The Jack Reacher novelist on Shakespeare’s casual knack for magnificence, finally discovering the joy of Jane Eyre, and the transformative power of Margaret Atwood

Lee Child

06, May, 2022 @9:00 AM

I Am No Bird review – stripping back the Brontës’ chocolate-box history

This anarchic show casts off the corsets to capture just what made these literary sisters so striking

Mark Fisher

29, Apr, 2022 @11:50 AM

Charlotte Brontë’s $1.25m ‘little book’ of 10 poems returns home

Manuscript entitled A Book of Ryhmes measures 10cm by 6cm and was written by the author when she was 13

Mark Brown North of England correspondent

25, Apr, 2022 @4:30 PM

Jane Eyre review – who is the true ‘mad woman in the attic’?

Chris Bush’s gripping new adaptation – the centrepiece of a Brontë festival – adds an interesting psychological twist

Mark Fisher

15, Apr, 2022 @10:10 AM

Olivia Laing: ‘I’m sorry, but Jane Eyre is a horrendous little hysteric’

The British writer on discovering Barthes, channelling Burroughs and appreciating the talents of Patricia Highsmith’s Mr Ripley

Olivia Laing

25, Feb, 2022 @10:00 AM

New exhibition of clothing reveals Charlotte Brontë’s sensual side

Items including Mohawk moccasins and ‘the Victorian equivalent of a negligee’ on display at the Brontë Parsonage Museum suggest the novelist was more fashion-conscious than previously thought

Alison Flood

04, Feb, 2022 @4:30 PM

Rescued library of literary treasures evokes closeness to authors

Analysis: Honresfield library brings Brontës, Austen and others to life, as characters leap from handwritten pages

Charlotte Higgins Chief culture writer

16, Dec, 2021 @5:04 PM

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