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THIS year is the 40th anniversary of Thornton’s South Square arts centre - and the celebrations begin with an exhibition of the work of one of its… ....
CHARLOTTE Bronte’s birthday is being celebrated today with a pop art community project in the village where she was born. The Bronte Zines - quaint booklets packed with facts and puzzles about the literary sisters’ lives and work - have been created by local artist Rosie McAndrew and are being distributed in Thornton, where the world-famous family lived before Haworth. The project is part of a cultural programme promoting Thornton as the Brontes’ birthplace. In March 2020 South Square Centre in the village received National Lottery Heritage funding for a capital refurbishment and a three-year programme of activities highlighting local industrial heritage, the Bronte birthplace and South Square’s history as a grassroots arts centre. ....