Fury at plans to build 150 homes next to village which inspired Charles Dickens' 'The Pickwick Papers' ○
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Fury has erupted over plans to build 150 new homes next to a sleepy English village in Wiltshire which inspired Charles Dickens' first novel The Pickwick Papers.
51 days ago
Fury at Reform council's plan to rip out city's historic cast-iron lampposts and put in 'grotesque' modern alternatives ○
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It is the cathedral city so beloved of Charles Dickens he set David Copperfield there. But a lasting fragment of Canterbury's Victorian heritage is set to be ripped out and replaced.
3 months ago
University calls Charles Dickens a racist for damning 1851 essay criticising China ⊖⊖
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The University of Manchester is warning students that an 1851 essay co-authored by Charles Dickens 'expresses racist views, particularly against Chinese people.'
5 months ago
Nick Harkaway: ‘I loathed Charles Dickens – it nearly turned me off reading for ever’ ○
The author on his secret theories about Tolkien, the most perfect and terrifying Moomin book, and how his father, John le Carré, inspired him
My earliest reading memory
I read The Lord of the Rings b…
Workhouses in England and Wales linked to transatlantic slave trade, study suggests ○
Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economy
They were places of crushing hardship for the poorest people in Britain for centuries but a …
6 months ago
Oliver is 'set for a remake' after woke interpretation of Charles Dickens classic was savaged by outraged fans ○
The hit film Oliver is reportedly the latest classic to undergo a remake with bosses desperate to make it a success after the last rehash.
Plot Twist: I am related to the real-life Oliver ○
Oliver Twist is one of the author’s best known creations. But for Nicholas Blincoe, the story is much closer to home. He reveals an astonishing family history
For almost my entire life, I’ve known the…
Neil Kinnock calls for government to scrap two-child cap on benefits ○
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Former Labour leader says rising UK poverty ‘would make Dickens furious’ and calls for wealth tax to help reverse it
Labour must scrap the two-child cap on benefits to lift children out of poverty, th…
Scrooge to be portrayed as a 'British Indian who hates refugees' in new version of A Christmas Carol - with Big Bang Theory star set to lead multi-cultural cast in Bollywood-inspired adaptation ○
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The musical, which is directed by Gurinder Chadha and based on the 1843 novella by Charles Dickens, will feature a 'British-Indian' man named Sood as the lead character.
‘It’s a brigade of old gits!’ Miriam Margolyes, Andy Linden and the older performers storming Edinburgh ○
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At a festival so often dominated by bold young talent, it’s veteran performers stealing the spotlight this year. We meet them – from household names to octogenarian newcomers
Miriam Margolyes is ensco…