Serena Partridge: a delicate embroidery for Charlotte Brontë- An Article by Elena Lago

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Charlotte great & small Charlotte great & small is the exhibition curated by American author Tracy Chevalier, which took place at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth on the occasion of Charlotte’s bicentenary year. During her first visit at the museum, Chevalier was impressed by the small, handwritten books made by the Brontë siblings – …

Keeper’s Collar- Treasures From The Brontë Parsonage Museum

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We are very proud to announce that this year The Sisters’ Room is collaborating with the Brontë Parsonage Museum. On the last Friday of each month we will publish special contents curated by the experts of the museum.  Let’s have a look at what’s inside the closets, drawers and cupboards at the Parsonage. You will find in this new category some of the objects that …

BS Publishing News: The Lost Manuscripts- Article by Maddalena De Leo

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During an American auction in 2016, thanks to the financial help from other British national institutions, the Brontë Society was able to buy a book once belonged to the Brontë family. The Remains of Henry Kirke White is a book curated by poet Robert Southey and it was one of the objects that Maria Branwell, future …

Margaret Hartley and Martha Brown- A story

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We’ve already told you something about Margaret Hartley,  her connection to Martha Brown and her lovely shop in Haworth. But today we’d like to tell you more about it thanks to our friend and guide Johnnie Briggs, who collected some information for us some time ago. Here’s the story of Margaret Hartley and Martha Brown. 

Ghosts and Brontë Curiosities- An Article by Maddalena De Leo

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Would you like to know about the ghosts that used to wander around Haworth at the time of the Brontës? They were very well-known between the eighteenth and the nineteenth century, and Tabby loved to tell about their apparitions in several buildings at the village. It seems that at Old Hall – in the South of …