Thursday Talk: Wuthering Rites

Thursday Talks occur twice: once at the Museum and once online. You can book tickets for both here.

For the in-person talk, please reserve your place below, but kindly note, you'll need to show your Museum ticket (or proof of local residency) on the door.

For the online talk, a recording will be sent out afterwards for online-talk ticket holders who missed the live event.

Life during the Victorian period was marked by the ever-present reality of death. Few families illustrate this more vividly than the Brontës, who buried many parishioners, experienced repeated bereavements themselves, and whose writings reflect Victorian attitudes towards death, mourning, memory, and the hope of reunion. Their experiences provide a poignant backdrop to the customs and beliefs explored in this talk.

By examining the rituals that helped people cope with grief in the past, this talk reveals how communities navigated loss with creativity and resilience, and how some of the underlying ideas can still help us to deal with loss today.

November's Thursday Talk will be delivered by Dr Helen Frisby: lecturer, historian and author of Traditions of Death and Burial. 

Please note, this ticket is only refundable if the event is cancelled, in which case we’ll contact you. We reserve the right to make changes to our programme. All information is correct at the time of booking. We kindly ask that you do not bring dogs or other pets to our in-person events unless stated otherwise (if you'd like to bring your service dog to an event, please let us know).