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WHILE tourists from around the world flock to Haworth’s Bronte Parsonage Museum, a miniature replica of the family’s famous home is attracting…

BRADFORD city centre’s newest Irish pub The Dubliner is gearing up for its first St Patrick’s Day celebration since opening on Thursday.

THE QUEEN’S Head Inn is thought to be the hostelry that gave Queensbury its name.

HUNTING: Iveaghs well up to the challenge 2022-02-04

A new documentary which will be screened on BBC One NI on February 1, explores the roots of the Bronte sisters, and pays a visit to their homeland in Rathfriland.

The trove will be auctioned as part of what Sotheby’s is billing as the sale of a legendary “lost library” of British literature treasures.

LINE of Duty star Adrian Dunbar is appearing in a new TV drama about Emily Bronte. The actor will be in Haworth, which was home to the legendary literary siblings, this month to film for the programme. He played Superintendent Ted Hastings in the hit BBC police series Line of Duty, which gripped the nation as it reached a highly-anticipated finale on May 2. Mr Dunbar starred in all six series of Jed Mercurio’s drama, as the commanding officer of anti-police corruption unit AC-12. Th...

LINE of Duty star Adrian Dunbar is heading for Haworth to film a new TV drama about Emily Bronte. The actor, who plays Superintendent Ted Hastings in the hit BBC police series which reaches its highly anticipated final episode tomorrow, will join the cast in a biopic about the Wuthering Heights author. Emma Mackey, star of Netflix comedy drama Sex Education, will play Emily in the film about her early life. The cast also includes Gemma Jones, star of the Harry Potter and Bridget Jones fil...

WHEN smoking was banned in Britain’s first “fresh air pub” the regulars didn’t take it well. It was 1971 and smokers were used to lighting up where they liked - but this Dales landlord stuck to his guns. The Yorkshire pub was highlighted by current affairs TV programme Nationwide in one of several quirky films released from BBC archives. The broadcaster has opened up its collection of unusual news footage, much of it shot locally over several decades. Other newly released films incl...

THE social and natural history that shaped the Brontes is explored in a new book tracing the literary family’s footsteps. Walking the Invisible, by Michael Stewart, follows the Bronte Stones trail, taking a series of walks through landscapes and buildings familiar to the family and investigating the geographical and social features that shaped their lives and writing. The book also compares the times they lived in with the present. Michael, who lives in Thornton, where Emily, Charlotte,...