Maps & Plans – The Brussels Brontë Group

The Quartier Isabelle in 1843
© Selina Busch 2000

The Quarter Isabelle today
© Selina Busch 2000

The Pensionnat Garden

Brussels | Hegers | History | Photography

Maps & Plans

Brussels | Maps

Panoramic Views

Brussels | History | Lithographs

General Views of Brussels

Brussels | History | Lithographs

The Park

Brussels | History | Lithographs

St. Gudule

Brussels | History | Lithographs

Other images

Waterloo

Ports of Antwerp and Ostend

Calligraphy

Brussels Streets

Brussels | History | Streets

A Secret Mission

Brussels | Heritage | Photography | Society

Meeting Irish author Michael O’Dowd
Several years ago, I reviewed Irish author Michael O’Dowd’s book on Charlotte Brontë’s honeymoon in Ireland: Charlotte Brontë – An Irish Odyssey. On our trip to Ireland this summer, we managed to meet Michael and had a fascinating discussion about Charlotte and other Brontë-related topics – despite some unpleasant weather. After some years of not going […]
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Impromptu Brontë walk with poet Emma Conally-Barklem
I had a very impromptu Brontë walk on Saturday with the poet Emma Conally-Barklem. She had come all the way from Yorkshire to Brussels for the weekend with her partner to see Pink! on her Summer Carnival Tour in the King Baudouin stadium and to walk in the footsteps of Charlotte Brontë. In one weekend, she […]
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'Oblivion: The Lost Diaries of Branwell Brontë'
We were delighted to welcome U.S. professor and novelist Dean de la Motte, who joined us on Saturday 15 June for our annual summer lunch and afterwards gave a talk on his novel Oblivion: The Lost Diaries of Branwell Brontë. The event, arranged to fit in with Dean’s annual summer stay in France, was well-attended and […]
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