Charles Dickens, Cleveland Street and the Workhouse
By Angela Lovely In Dickens & the Workhouse which has been published to coincide with the 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens, eminent historian Ruth Richardson tells the story of how she...
View ArticleLet’s not forget what Dickens said about wealth and poverty
ChazD WOZ ERE 1829 By Leslie Carlyle It is a modern irony worthy of the man himself. A building which during his lifetime Charles Dickens would have happily seen ground to dust, was recently saved only...
View ArticleCambridge historian and Oxford publisher under scrutiny over claim made in...
By News Reporters A book about Charles Dickens’ life in Cleveland Street written by a Cambridge historian and published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in February has been criticised after it failed...
View ArticleCharles Dickens’ many addresses in Fitzrovia
By Mike Pentelow Charles Dickens did many moonlight flits in Fitzrovia in order to dodge the creditors of his debt-ridden father, John, so has many local addresses associated with him. In later years...
View ArticleThe young actress Charles Dickens kept in a love nest
By Sue Blundell Charles Dickens is a Hero for many people, but for some time now it’s been difficult to picture him as a Saint. As a married man with a large family, Dickens found time to enjoy a...
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