The lonely farm which is thought to have inspired Emily Bronte is preserved from the weather and vandals. And it is getting an artist in (sort-of) residence too
We may have lost the latest piece of Bronte family history to the increasingly stroppy French, but there is better news from Top Withens.
The windy farmhouse thought to be Emily Bronte's most likely inspiration for Wuthering Heights has been carefully preserved against its notorious weather for at least another decade.
Even Heathcliff at his most bad-tempered would be unlikely to want to live in the shell of a former chicken farm, but the old stones attract thousands of literary pilgrims and other tourists every year. They are a fair step from Haworth, albeit a very lovely one, past the Bronte Waterfall (everything is Bronte round here), with helpful direction signs in both English and Japanese.
Mass visiting isn't always good for ruins,...
We may have lost the latest piece of Bronte family history to the increasingly stroppy French, but there is better news from Top Withens.
The windy farmhouse thought to be Emily Bronte's most likely inspiration for Wuthering Heights has been carefully preserved against its notorious weather for at least another decade.
Even Heathcliff at his most bad-tempered would be unlikely to want to live in the shell of a former chicken farm, but the old stones attract thousands of literary pilgrims and other tourists every year. They are a fair step from Haworth, albeit a very lovely one, past the Bronte Waterfall (everything is Bronte round here), with helpful direction signs in both English and Japanese.
Mass visiting isn't always good for ruins,...
- 12/16/2011
- by Martin Wainwright
- The Guardian - Film News
The 2011 PollyGrind Film Festival recently wrapped up in Las Vegas, and the madman behind the scenes, Chad Clinton Freeman, checked in with Dread Central to share with us exclusively the winners of this year's fest.
Reveling in everything from arthouse to grindhouse to everything in between, PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming. This year's big winners (and flicks that will no doubt go on to find audiences soon) include the highly controversial The Bunny Game, The Super, Dear God No!, The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol and Ratline.
"I was very happy with the quantity of quality films and the diversity I was able to program this year," Freeman said. "Being able to world premiere films like Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story and The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol,...
Reveling in everything from arthouse to grindhouse to everything in between, PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming. This year's big winners (and flicks that will no doubt go on to find audiences soon) include the highly controversial The Bunny Game, The Super, Dear God No!, The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol and Ratline.
"I was very happy with the quantity of quality films and the diversity I was able to program this year," Freeman said. "Being able to world premiere films like Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story and The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol,...
- 10/27/2011
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
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