Author Nick Holland has been criticised for his response to Cole, after saying he would ‘leave the society now, before they announce James Corden as the creative partner for 2019’
Actor and model Lily Cole has responded to criticism of her appointment to the Brontë Society, asking that her work be “judged on its own merits, rather than on my name, my gender, my image or my teenage decisions”, after one member resigned over her role.
The Brontë Society is responsible for “promoting the Brontës’ literary legacy within contemporary society” and runs the Brontë Parsonage Museum in the Yorkshire village of Haworth, where the literary family once lived. But there have been several clashes between modernists and traditionalists over the group’s position in the 21st century, with both sides fighting over how best promote the Brontës to new readers.
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Yeah what a terrible role model Cambridge graduate, humanitarian activist Lily Cole is. The Brontes would be turning in their graves
God I *loathe* snobbery. https://t.co/iA47inwiFL
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