Wuthering Heights director regrets not showing Margot Robbie’s ‘extremely hairy armpits’
Emerald Fennell says period-realistic scene emphasising Cathy’s lack of razors was shot but did not make final cut
April 2026
Book of the day
This Dark Night by Deborah Lutz review – Emily Brontë’s world
Tactile details and a no-nonsense approach make this biography a refreshing change from more lurid fare
March 2026
Film & Music reader interview
Post your questions for Martin Clunes
His credits range from Men Behaving Badly to Wuthering Heights, and now he’s playing Huw Edwards. What would you dearly love to know about the actor and documentary presenter?
Brief letters: Local politics | Wuthering Heights | Bed warmers | Andrew omission
Digested week
Digested week: Spa days for nerds and other coping mechanisms
Lucy Mangan
Discovering Oxford’s Norrington Room, leaning into Pancake Day sainthood and dreaming of a house just for introverts
In the age of the ‘rough sex defence’, Emerald Fennell’s treatment of Wuthering Heights’ Isabella Linton is grotesque
Emma Flint
By portraying the young woman Heathcliff abuses as a sexily willing participant in her own degradation, Fennell’s adaptation betrays the book, and her audience
Wuthering Heights, Yorkshire actors and working-class stories
Letters: We can do without another boring adaptation of repressed middle-class sexuality, whoever happens to play Cathy, says Josh Guiry. Plus a letter from Chris Goldie
