BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:23@brontebirthplace.com
DTSTART:20260210T183000Z
DTEND:20260210T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20251218T191951Z
URL:https://brontebirthplace.com/events/monthly-talk-dr-eleanor-houghton-m
 aterial-witnesses-charlotte-brontes-life-through-clothes/
SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Dr Eleanor Houghton 'Material Witnesses - Charlotte B
 rontë’s Life Through Clothes'
DESCRIPTION:\n\n'Material Witnesses - Charlotte Brontë’s Life Through Cl
 othes’\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nSpeaker: Dr Eleanor Houghton\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nDate: Tu
 esday\, 10 February\, 2026 via Zoom at 18.30\n\nOne hundred and seventy ye
 ars have passed since the novelist Charlotte Brontë took her last breath\
 , but astonishingly\, witnesses to her life still survive. They were prese
 nt as she penned the last lines of Jane Eyre\, walked the cobbled streets 
 of Haworth with her sisters\, and joined Arthur Bell Nicholls at the altar
  in the summer of 1854. Yet\, until now\, their testimonies have remained 
 unheard.\n\nDrawn from Dr Eleanor Houghton’s new book\, Charlotte Bront
 ë’s Life Through Clothes\, this richly illustrated talk will give voice
  to the gowns\, bonnets\, corsets\, parasols\, boots\, gloves and shawls t
 hat have outlived their famous owner. Through these garments\, we will exp
 lore Charlotte’s life\, her experiences and the fast-changing world that
  she inhabited. From clothing that speaks of grief\, challenge\, or the pr
 essures of fame\, to the tiniest baby garments worn in the house where she
  was born\, these surviving pieces offer an intimate glimpse of the real\,
  raw\, thinking\, breathing woman behind the myth.\n\nDr Eleanor Houghton 
 is an author\, dress historian and Brontë scholar. She works as a consult
 ant for film and TV\, including the BBC’s To Walk Invisible and Gentlema
 n Jack and Frances O’Connor’s 2023 biopic\, Emily. In 2022/3\, in coll
 aboration with the Brontë Parsonage Museum\, Eleanor created a large-scal
 e exhibition on the surviving wardrobe of Charlotte Brontë. Her self-illu
 strated book Charlotte Brontë’s Life Through Clothes (Bloomsbury) will 
 be published on 6 February\, 2026 and copies will be available for purchas
 e at the Birthplace gift shop.\n\nThis talk will take place over Zoom\, no
  in person option will be offered. A link will be sent out to ticket holde
 rs prior to the event with a link to join the zoom live\, and a recording 
 of the talk will be provided to all ticket holders a few days afterwards. 
 If you are experiencing technical difficulties\, or have not received a li
 nk within 24 hours of the event please email us at bookings@brontebirthpla
 ce.com.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nTicket price: £6\n\nLink to buy tickets here \n\n&
 nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://brontebirthplace.com/wp-content/uploads/
 2025/12/Picture2.jpg
CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker,Heritage
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR