Behind The Glass: A Parsonage Podcast

Mia and Sam are getting into the festive spirit with their colleague Isobel Hayward!We chat about what Christmas would've been like for the Brontës, our favourite traditions and how Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol influenced the Victorians...Say hi! Let us know if you enjoyed the episode.

On this episode, Mia and Sam are joined by Bradford Young Creative and poet Noor Afasa! Noor has been on placement at the Museum as part of her apprenticeship with Bradford 2025.We chat all things Bradford, celebrating its City of Culture status and the people who lived there during the time of the Brontës...Say hi! Let us know if you enjoyed the episode.

Mia and Sam are joined by historian and heritage practitioner Kit Heyam (author of 'Before We Were Trans'). We have lots of tea talk, dive into the fascinating gendered history of our chosen object and learn about Kit's rebellious school visit to the Museum...Say hi! Let us know if you enjoyed the episode.

Welcome back to Behind the Glass! We're here with series 3 of the podcast that takes you up close to Brontë items in the Museum's collection.Hosts Sam and Mia are joined by Charlotte Brontë's no.1 fan, Naomi (@bookish.naomi), to chat about Victorian weddings, our love for books and whether marriage changed Charlotte as a writer...Say hi! Let us know if you enjoyed the episode.

For our final episode of series two, we welcome Graham Watson, author of 'The Invention of Charlotte Brontë', the new, eye-opening take on Charlotte's last years.We discuss scandal and celebrity in the Brontë world, and ask the tantalising question: who really was Charlotte Brontë?Say hi! Let us know if you enjoyed the episode.