Charlotte Brontë (the chicken) lives!

We are exactly a month away from April Fools' Day so this would seem to be an actual news story. Entertainment Daily reports that,

Charlotte Brontë lives!
Coronation Street has reassured fans that the chicken who played Charlotte Brontë was not murdered by Geoff Metcalfe. Yes, really! [...]
Yasmeen later put her husband's meal on the table for him, but he was furious to see there was no meat and threw it in the bin.
She told Geoff the reason there was no meat was because he hadn't given her enough money to buy any and she needed to stick to his budget.
A furious Geoff told Yasmeen he'd sort out dinner and sent her upstairs and by the time she was awake he had already killed, plucked and roasted Charlotte before serving her to Yasmeen.
As Yasmeen tucked in Geoff then sickeningly dropped the news on her, saying: "I thought she might be a bit dry, being an older bird. Well, at least she's fed us one last time. I'd like to raise a toast. To Charlotte!"
Realising Geoff had killed her beloved chicken, Yasmeen began vomiting the food up and sobbing - fleeing vile Geoff, and viewers were disgusted at what he had done.
One tweeted: "Will not be watching @itvcorrie tonight and probably never again. Yes, this is a very important subject but to kill animals!!! Why #Corrie ????? No need at all."

Manchester Evening News and others echo the story as well.

The Mancunion recommends the production of Wuthering Heights at the Royal Exchange.

After reading it was a modern adaptation, there was a slight tinge of disappointment that I wouldn’t I didn’t expect to see any period costumes; which I love. I was therefore thrilled to see that costumes of the time were still being used and it was the dialogue that had been modernised.
Adapted by Andrew Sheridan and directed by Bryony Shanahan, this performance without a doubt exceeded all my expectations. Every aspect of the play had been clearly thought through and was executed with precision: from the lighting to the music, with terrific acting by a diverse cast throughout. [...]
The cast were fantastic, each actor clearly gave their all and offered their own personal touch to their character. Rakhee Sharma struck me from the beginning as being able to masterfully embody the complexity and multifaceted character of Cathy. The acting during her psychological breakdown had the entire audience in tears. Standing in the middle of the stage and shouting for Heathcliff, the utter anguish and desperation in her face made it impossible for anyone to not feel empathy for her pitiful situation.
Alex Austin was equally striking in the complex role of her star-crossed lover Heathcliff. When Heathcliff is first found by Mr Earnshaw, and is a lost and hungry orphan on the moors, he likens him to a wild animal by salivating to the point that it dripped down to the floor. This makes the contrast with his growth into a reputable young man even more stark, whilst also expressing Heathcliff’s cunning maliciousness in enacting his revenge against Hindley and the Lintons.
Former Coronation Street actor Dean Fagan gave an impressive performance as Edgar Linton. Rather than making him the typical antihero, he appears very human in how his love for Cathy makes him vulnerable. His portrayal of his awkward English politeness serves to highlight his weak-mindedness when on stage beside the headstrong Heathcliff. All three performances perfectly complemented each other in one of the most famous love triangles in literary history.
Lighting designer Zoe Spurr deserves a commendation for the excellent lighting. Long tube-shaped lightbulbs were suspended from the ceiling in the opening scene and were adjusted in height to complement the mood of the scene that was taking place, an effective tool in reflecting the mood of the characters on stage. Heathcliff, in the height of his anguish, is pressed to the floor by the lights, inducing a sense of claustrophobia.
The musicians Sophie Galpin and Becky Wilpie opened the play with eerie vocals and instrumentals (guitar, mixer and electronic percussion), building the atmosphere with sound between scenes in times when emotions ran high and all that was needed was music to speak the emotions that were playing out on stage.
I would highly recommend this play to any lovers of the book, the films or to anyone who knows nothing of the story at all but merely wishes to know more of it and to spend an emotional evening of entertainment at the circular theatre inside the beautiful building of the former Stock Exchange. (Francesca McClimont)

Isabel Greenberg's Glass Town is one of the '10 New Graphic Novels to Read for Women's History Month' according to CBR.

Glass Town
In Glass Town, Isabel Greenberg follows the four Brontë children — Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne — into the imaginary world they created after the deaths of their two eldest siblings in 1825. To tell their story and capture the magic of that escapist fantasy, Greenberg combines the siblings' biographies, quotes from stories they penned and her own art. (Samantha Puc)

The Guardian reviews the film Portrait de la jeune fille en feu.

Ghostly images of Héloïse in her wedding dress lend a quasi-gothic edge, and there’s something of the Brontës in the cliffside walks she embraces with abandon. (Mark Kermode)

La Razón de México (México) and female writers:

Detrás de las autoras que definen el siglo XXI destellan también, por supuesto, las que no pudieron escribir con su nombre y firmaron con seudónimo masculino, entre ellas Charlotte Brontë, quien publicó Jane Eyre bajo el seudónimo de Currer Bell, al igual que su hermana Emily, quien publicó la increíble Cumbres borrascosas como Ellis Bell. (Gisela Kozak Rovero) (Translation)

L'Incorrect (in French) interviews the musician Chelsea Wolfe:

Mathieu Bollon: Quelle est la source d’inspiration pour la pochette de ce nouveau disque?
C.W.: Je voulais que le titre et la pochette de l’album aient un aspect théâtral et très dramatique. J’ai passé beaucoup de temps dans une librairie d’occasion quand j’étais plus jeune et j’étais souvent attirée par de vieux livres avec des titres grandiloquents comme Les Raisins de la colère ou Les Hauts de Hurlevent. (Translation)

Le Figaro (France) visits Edinburgh:

Seul bémol qui peut gêner les visiteurs au sommeil léger: le vent qui siffle dans les interstices des grandes fenêtres les jours de bourrasque, fréquents de janvier à mars, plus évocateur des Hauts de Hurlevent que d’un cocon parfaitement silencieux. (Assa Samaké-Roman) (Translation)

Culturopoing (France) reviews the film Endless Night 1972:

Comme il y eut Hurlevent, Manderley ou Dragonwyck, Gipsy’s Acre étend son emprise presque surnaturelle durant Endless Night, passant de l’entité protectrice à la prison malfaisante.  (Olivier Rossignot) (Translation)

iCrewPlay (Italy) talks about family sagas:

Dall’Inghilterra abbiamo un altro capolavoro: Cime Tempestose di Emily Brontë, in cui si intrecciano i destini di due famiglie dello Yorkshire, i Linton e gli Earnshaw in un rapporto fatto di rivalità, vendette, invidie e amori passionali. (Translation)

On This is Local London, a 'young reporter' ranks the main screen adaptations of Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre 2011 seem to be the one which fares better. La Nación (Argentina) lists both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights in a top ten of  'romantic novels. 1Dex Magazine (Switzerland) talks about the juvenilia (translated into French) compilation Les Palais de la Mort.'  Diario de Córdoba (Spain) quotes Heathcliff commenting on Spain's political scene.