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The Brontës come to a grocery store in Merchtem
The Brontës Went to Woolworths, the title of a 1931 novel by the British writer Rachel Ferguson, features in a talk by Valerie Sanders to be given to the Brussels Brontë Group later this year, in which...
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Enjoying the 'World of the Brontës' in a different way!
I have always enjoyed making jigsaw puzzles, certainly in childhood, but after growing up and having a job and getting married, I just did not have the time to do this anymore. Reading was taking over...
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Member talk: ‘Wuthering Heights’ and pop culture
Ana Gauthier gave the Brussels Brontë Group a whirlwind tour through the far-reaching influence of Wuthering Heights on the broader culture, showing how Emily Brontë’s novel echoes through our...
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Member talk: The Brontës and fake news
There have been wild speculations and baseless theories about the Brontë sisters and their novels virtually since the books were first published in 1847. Johan Hellinx gave the Brussels Brontë Group a...
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Valerie Sanders on clothes in the Brontë novels
University of Hull's Valerie Sanders used Rachel Ferguson’s 1931 novel The Brontës Went to Woolworths as a jumping-off point for a fascinating look at clothes in Charlotte Brontë’s novels – how they...
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Octavia Cox on Anne Brontë and sea symbolism
It has been said that what the Yorkshire moors were to Emily Brontë the sea was to her sister Anne – a soul-enlivening physical space and an inspiring imaginative element. Oxford University’s Octavia...
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Another step on Brontë Sisters Square in Koekelberg
A further step has just been taken towards seeing the Brontë sisters return to the Brussels municipality of Koekelberg, at least in spirit. A public consultation meeting was held on 16 May to update...
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Another guided walk led by historian Christophe Loir
Dr Christophe Loir of the ULB’s History, Arts and Archaeology faculty on Sunday 26 May 2024 led a second guided walk devised specially for the Brussels Brontë Group. Dr Loir, an expert on architecture...
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'Oblivion: The Lost Diaries of Branwell Brontë'
We were delighted to welcome U.S. professor and novelist Dean de la Motte, who joined us on Saturday 15 June for our annual summer lunch and afterwards gave a talk on his novel Oblivion: The Lost...
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Impromptu Brontë walk with poet Emma Conally-Barklem
I had a very impromptu Brontë walk on Saturday with the poet Emma Conally-Barklem. She had come all the way from Yorkshire to Brussels for the weekend with her partner to see Pink! on her Summer...
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Meeting Irish author Michael O’Dowd
Several years ago, I reviewed Irish author Michael O’Dowd’s book on Charlotte Brontë’s honeymoon in Ireland: Charlotte Brontë – An Irish Odyssey. On our trip to Ireland this summer, we managed to meet...
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In the footsteps of the Brontës with Joanne Wilcock
On Saturday 12 October, the Brussels Brontë Group enjoyed a morning’s immersion in Brontë-related places, including some fabulous northern English scenery. The first of the day’s two talks explored...
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Sara Zadrozny on nature and emotions – some reflections
It was a real delight (as always) to attend the Brussels Brontë Group talks on 12 October. Joanne Wilcock’s presentation on her various trips to Brontë-related sites was thoroughly enjoyable, but I was...
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Review: ‘The Brontës, My Mother and Me’ by Anna M Biley
The title of this book intrigued and fascinated me, having lost my own mum with whom I had a very close bond and still grieving for this great loss. Anna M Biley’s book was described as “a tender story...
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Brussels Brontë Christmas cheer 2024
On Saturday, 32 of us gathered in the famous (to us) Salle Rouge in our usual Brussels restaurant to celebrate the Christmas season and round off another year for the Brussels Brontë Group. Unlike the...
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Revamped Hotel Astoria celebrates Brontë connection
Brussels’ link with the Brontës isn’t perhaps acknowledged in the city as much as it could be. There is a planned Brontë Sisters Square in Koekelberg, but the name doesn’t tend to crop up when streets,...
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The gothic and supernatural in the Brontë novels
Stavroula Kremmydiotou presented a fascinating talk on the supernatural and gothic elements in the Brontë novels as part of the Brussels Brontë Group’s annual member talks on Saturday, Feb. 15. Backed...
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Éléonore Desclée and her novel 'Charlotte in Love'
Brussels-based author Éléonore Desclée uses Charlotte Brontë and Jane Eyre as the driving force in her novel Charlotte in Love, which sees two teenage students thrown together for a collaborate project...
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Marie Gevers and the Brontës
Author Éléonore Desclée mentioned in her Feb. 15 presentation the Brussels Brontë Group that one of her assigned books in literature class in high school was a novel by the Belgian author Marie Gevers...
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Brontë Birthplace and the Brussels Brontë Group
I was in Haworth over the weekend of 29-30 March, doing a recce for a trip to the Brontë village that I am organising for a small group of Brussels Brontë enthusiasts in June. In my travels, I visited...
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Retelling the story of the Brontë sisters in Normandy
On a warm evening in early April, over 70 people crowded into the 18th-century court-room of the hôtel de ville, the mairie, of a small village in Haut-Normandie to hear a talk about Les Sœurs Brontë....
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BBG member's calligraphy presented to Queen Camilla
In a recent blog post, I recounted my visit (ahead of its official opening) to the Brontë Birthplace, the house in Thornton where Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne were born. I mentioned that the...
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Nick Holland on faith and the Brontë sisters
Time again for another interesting morning of talks organised by the Brussels Brontë Group. The first of these on Saturday May 10 was given by Nick Holland, well known for his books on various members...
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Charlotte Jones on the Brontës among the Moderns
Dr. Charlotte Jones from the University of Oxford sparked the interest of the Brussels Brontë Group with her talk on May 10 on “The Brontës among the Moderns,” promising to show the influence of the...
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Tervuren talk on Louise Héger by art historian Eline Sciot
Louise Héger, the daughter of Charlotte Brontë’s influential teacher when she was in Brussels, was the subject of an interesting talk by Belgian art historian Eline Sciot in Tervuren on May 20....
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