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Lyle HedleyinThe Daily CuppaThe Bronte children were “scribblemaniacs”.“Scribblemania” was first coined by poet Samuel Coleridge. It’s the compulsion to write and draw. Charlotte claimed it as the Bronte’s…14h ago214h ago2
Lyle HedleyinThe Daily CuppaWe may never know the truth about Branwell Bronte.Branwell was educated at home. Much care was given and much was expected. At first, he thrived. His juvenile imaginary work was prodigious…1d ago41d ago4
Lyle HedleyinThe Daily CuppaThe role sexism played in the lives of the Bronte sisters.The Bronte family was functionally a matriarchy. Run by the sisters and their aunt Elizabeth. But in the wider world, women were expected…2d ago42d ago4
Lyle HedleyinThe Daily CuppaThe Bronte sisters gave the world enduring literature while living the most fleeting, fragile…The Bronte legend is of wild genius dying young. Death stalked this family. But there was a clear reason — they lived in a blighted…3d ago53d ago5
Lyle HedleyinThe Daily CuppaThis is a painting of the three Bronte sisters and a ghost.Painted by their brother Branwell, it shows them clustered around a pillar. However, the pillar is slowly fading and his image is emerging.3d ago23d ago2
Lyle HedleyinThe Daily CuppaCharlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne Bronte created complex fantasy worlds as children.Much of the Bronte’s childhood was spent creating fantasy worlds filled with detailed history and characters. In their intrigues and…6d ago26d ago2
Lyle HedleyinThe Daily CuppaRutgers tomato is the classic taste of Campbell’s tomato soup, born in the lab, lost, and now…The Rutgers tomato was always a story of agricultural science. It was hybridized by Campbell’s to make soup. Today, it has been revived…Jul 256Jul 256
Lyle HedleyinThe PubSometimes God is GreenIf the Divine created all things then divinity resides even in the smallest of things.Jul 172Jul 172