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Sally McDonald, Chairman of Brontë Society Council, writes:   The new plaque When planning the Spring Walk this year it was agreed ...

On 21April, 2013, the anniversary of the birth of Charlotte Brontё,  the literary association Gli Occhi di Argo  and the publisher ALBUSe...

A planning application for a small wind turbine at Bodkin Lane, Oxenhope has been refused by Bradford MDC.  Three reasons are given, the ...

Yesterday, two hundred (or was it more?) people crowded into the Old Schoolroom opposite the Parsonage to eat from a sumptuous buffet, dr...

Richard Wilcocks reports: The Re-Visioning the Brontës Conference took place on 29 January in The Brotherton Room, which holds about fift...

Nearly a thousand new homes could soon be built in Haworth: Bradford Council has fourteen sites in mind as suitable for development - the f...

Press release from the Parsonage:                                    Singer- songwriter, poet and artist  Patti Smith  is to give...

Parsonage Press Release from Jenna Holmes: January 2013 will see the first major redecoration scheme in 25 years for Haworth Parsonage,...

On 29 December 2012 Professor Maddalena De Leo from Italy with BS members Caterina Lerro and Elisa Fierro met in Naples to mark and enjo...

Anne, Emily, Charlotte and Branwell in Two Art Exhibitions, a Conference and a Talk this January 'Visions of Angria' at the S...

Kirklees Brontë Group invites everyone to come and join them at Red House Museum - in the restored cart sheds - to celebrate Christmas and ...

Chris Went, Heritage & Conservation Officer, writes:  On Tuesday, 13 November Sally McDonald (Brontë Society Chair) and I met in Ha...

News Release Bronte Society expresses disappointment at Ovenden Moor windfarm decision The Brontë Society wishes to express its dis...

Helen MacEwan's book has finally been printed and the BS bookshop is now selling it. It’s advertised on the shop website under Miscell...

Jenna Ho lmes writes: Andrea Arnold’s 2011 film adaptation of Wuthering Heights will be screened in Haworth on Friday 23 November, 7....

An organised gang of stone thieves is thought to be behind a robbery in Thornton near the historic Bell Chapel, which is connected with Bro...

Laura Rocklyn writes from New York: Every time I have read the passage at the beginning of The Professor in which William Crimsworth...

Chris Went writes: Concerns have been raised that part of the grazing land at Weaver’s Hill may again be under threat of development.  The...

Professor Maddalena De Leo’s Italian novel Mai più in oscurità is now available in English.  Its title is Removing the shroud of mystery...