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From Jane Eyre to Mary Poppins – de-coding the Brontes on film

Posted on July 11, 2016 by samiraahmed

I wrote this blogpost for a panel discussion we held with a screening of Jane Eyre (1943) at the Picturehouse Cinema at the National Media Museum in Bradford last Saturday. Novelist Mick Jackson, Bronte Parsonage Museum arts officer Lauren Livesey … Continue reading →

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The Bronte heroine who hated bouquets

Posted on March 4, 2015 by samiraahmed

For this week’s Something Understood producer Lucy Dichmont was keen to explore the elaborate Victorian coded language of floral bouquets. Unexpectedly I found myself pulling out memories and stories that I’ve been carrying around for decades. I’ve also created a … Continue reading →

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