About

From toilets to typhus, this fascinating talk will explore the Brontës’ representation and experience of hygiene and sanitation. We try to understand what on earth they might have thought of the news that their home would one day include this most essential of facilities!

Jo Waugh is a senior lecturer at York St John University, and author of Charlotte Brontë and Contagion: Myths, Memes, and the Politics of Infection. She’s joining us on the opening of our new visitor facilities adjacent to the Museum to deliver this talk in person and also online.