Miriam Margolyes' wildest scandals from being told off by the Queen to wishing Boris Johnson dead and calling Charles Dickens' Fagin 'Jewish and vile' ⊖
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Since shooting to fame in the early nineties, Miriam Margoyles has gone on to make a big name for herself.
4 days ago
Overnight by Dan Richards audiobook review – an immersive journey into the night worker’s world ⊕
From bakers in London to night ferry operatives in Aberdeen, the author narrates atmospheric behind-the-scenes stories of the people who work while the world sleeps
‘To stay out late, to remain awake …
36 days ago
Rare items of Charles Dickens’ clothing to go on display in London ⊖
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Exhibition includes linen shirt collar from when author suffered a fatal stroke along with other personal items
Rare surviving items of Charles Dickens’ clothing, including the linen shirt collar worn…
44 days ago
‘A temple of food’: London’s grande dame Simpson’s in the Strand rises again ⊕
As the storied London dining room reopens on its bicentenary, restaurateur Jeremy King honours its heritage while restoring a faded icon
Simpson’s in the Strand was the sort of London institution wher…
90 days ago
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.
3 months 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.
5 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.'
6 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…
7 months ago
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 …
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.