Kate Bush’s tribute to Emily Brontë set in Yorkshire stone - Picture Post

Picture: Tony Johnson. Words: Catherine Scott.
Picture: Tony Johnson.Picture: Tony Johnson.
Picture: Tony Johnson.

The Emily Stone, is a tribute to Emily Brontë by singer Kate Bush carved on one of the Brontë Stones, at Ogden Kirk on Thornton Moor near Ogden Water in West Yorkshire.

The Brontë Stones are a group of stones placed in the landscape between the birthplace of the Brontë family in Thornton and the parsonage where they wrote their famous work in Haworth.

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The project was devised by writer, Michael Stewart, who took inspiration from another literary walk.

There are three stones that celebrate the bicentenaries of the three sisters: Charlotte, Emily and Anne, and a fourth stone to mark the significance of the Brontës as a literary

family.

The stones have been carved by fine art letter carver, Pip Hall, with specially commissioned literature by famous contemporary female writers.

The project was curated and delivered jointly by Michael Stewart and the Bradford Literature Festival and funded by the Arts Council England.

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The Emily Stone is sited in the midst of windswept moorland overlooking Haworth. The poem is written by internationally acclaimed singer and musician, Kate Bush, and is carved into the side of Ogden Kirk, a stunning outcrop of rock above the clough.

The poem was written as a tribute to Emily Brontë in her bicentenary year, but also to mark 40 years since the release of Kate’s debut single, Wuthering Heights, which was number one in the charts for four weeks in 1978.

Speaking about the project at its launch Kate said: “I am delighted to be involved in this project. Each sister being remembered by a stone in the enigmatic landscape where they lived and worked is a striking idea. Emily only wrote the one novel – an extraordinary work of art that has truly left its mark.

For more on the Bronte Stones Walk visit www.bronte.org.uk

Technical details Nikon D850 camera, 24-70mm lens, exposure of 1/1000th of a second at f6.3, ISO 200.