Talk: Steve Stanworth: Keeping the Brontë Story Alive”

Friday 10th July | 6:30pm - 8pm

Bradford-born heritage champion Steve Stanworth shares his remarkable twenty‑six‑year journey restoring and celebrating Thornton’s extraordinary Brontë legacy. From transforming the Old Bell Chapel, where Patrick Brontë served as perpetual curate from 1815–1820, to creating the St James Church Brontë exhibition — which includes the font at which all the Brontë children, except Maria, were baptised — and helping to return the Brontë Birthplace on Market Street to its Regency character, Steve brings together the story of three landmark Brontë projects and the passion that has driven them. Patrick Brontë himself wrote that his happiest years were spent in Thornton, a sentiment that underpins Steve’s lifelong dedication to preserving this remarkable heritage.

As part of Bradford Literature Festival: Friday 3rd - Sunday 12th July