Perhaps the most remarkable literary family the world has seen

Yorkshire Evening Post recommends a walk on the Leeds Bradford border connected to Patrick and Maria Brontë.

The village of Apperley Bridge takes its name from the first bridge erected across the Aire in this location in the late 16th century. The community’s fortunes were built upon four textile mills which sprang up in the 19th century making use of the abundant water supply. [...]
Apperley Bridge is overshadowed by the extensive buildings and playing fields of Woodhouse Grove School. The school was opened in 1812 by the Methodist Church to educate the sons of Methodist ministers. It has a special link to the Brontës. The headmaster’s niece in those early days was one Maria Branwell and it was at Woodhouse Grove that she met her future husband, the Rev Patrick Brontë, a union that produced, perhaps, the most remarkable literary family the world has seen.

Antioch University's Odyssey Online recommends Thandie Newton's reading of Jane Eyre.

There is much debate as to the actual intimacy with the language that one is exposed to by listening rather than reading, and for the most part I am of the camp that prefers holding a book in your hands and reading the text with your own eyeballs, but I have found a few Audible exclusives  by incredible readers that I was very satisfied with. In particular, Jane Eyre read by Thandie Newton, an incredible British actress hailed for her talent on Westworld. As a celebration for finishing I always like to find a film adaptation and watch the movie version as a kind of culmination to the journey I’ve taken with that author and to further inscribe the stories upon my heart. I’ve really enjoyed most of the BBC’s classic film adaptations and, although some are quite old and outdated, they still do a really great job of staying true to the text. (Jaclyn Steinmann)

The Southern Star (Ireland) features Dr. Emma Bidwell and Dr. Bernie McCarthy who run the West Cork College.

Emma and Bernie’s literary interests are widespread and Emma’s doctorate was on Women Writers of the American South and Bernie’s was on Yeats. They often find that their students ask them for particular courses and are also open to suggestions for new ones.
‘We often find a good audience for the classics such as the Brontës. Often our loyal and enthusiastic band of students suggests something and then we decide whether we can provide it or not,’ said Emma. [...]
Barbara McGuirk from Clonakilty is a dedicated life long learner.
‘I have done courses at West Cork College on Women in Irish Society and Politics, the Irish on the London Stage and Southern American women writers which I really enjoyed, but it was the one on the Brontës that really appealed to me the most. The delivery of the course was excellent including all the background information about the environment in which they were living, the relationships within the family; all of which influenced their writing.’

Yesterday, Hot Press recalled the fact that,

41 years ago today, Kate Bush's debut single started a four-week run at the top of the UK singles chart. To mark the occasion, we're revisiting Cara Dillon's reflections on the influence of the English singer-songwriter, originally published in Hot Press in 2002.
When I was about ten years old and living in Derry my sister Mary, who’s ten years older than me and also a singer, brought me into the sitting room. She’d lit some candles and she sat me down and read me a couple of passages from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, which I thought was hugely dramatic stuff. Then she played me ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Kate Bush and I was completely blown away, even at that age. I had never heard anything like this sound before. The way in which the song mirrored the beauty and the mood of the book, the way her voice and the melody were so suited to the eerie quality of the story, I just thought, ‘Oh, my god…’

More sites picking up the story of Ponden Hall being for sale: Lonely Planet and Inquisitr.

Finally, Brontë Society Italia reports the death of key member Franca Gollini Tiezzi.