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The Brontë Lounge with Helena Whitbread

3 Apr 2025

19:30 - 20:30

The Brontë Parsonage Museum

On the anniversary of the birth of celebrated 19th-century diarist Anne Lister, you’re invited to the Brontë Lounge to talk with Lister’s biographer, Helena Whitbread MBE.

Since 1983, Helena has been carefully decoding the ‘crypt hand’ in which Lister wrote her diaries, becoming the first person in 1988 to publish about Lister’s relationships with other women. Helena has been editing, publishing and researching the context of Anne’s diaries ever since. She joins us tonight to share her insight with host Helen Meller and answer your questions.

Ticket Information

General £10
Concessions and Brontë Society members £8

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Venue Details

The Brontë Parsonage Museum

Church Street
BD22 8DR

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