Behind The Glass: A Parsonage Podcast

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.

Episode six is all about Anne! We're joined by Yorkshire writer and theatre-maker, Nicole Joseph, to uncover what we know about the youngest Brontë sister - and what we didn't know...Inspired by Nicole's chosen object, we explore what makes Anne's work so relevant even today.Say hi! Let us know if you enjoyed the episode.