The eldest son of Elizabeth and John Dickens was born in February 1812 on Portsea Island in the British city of Portsmouth, and moved around with his family in his younger years to Yorkshire and ...

Early in the winter of 1841 it had been announced that Charles Dickens would shortly visit this country, and Mr. Alexander wrote to him at London, inviting him to sit for his picture on his arrival.

A long-running satirical Radio 4 panel show that takes a look at the week's more humorous news stories. Channel Five panel show about the weird and wonderful. Marcus Brigstocke hosts, with team ...

Imagine pitching a pudding called 'spotted dick' to the board of directors at a marketing agency, you’d be sure they’d be sniggering just as children have for centuries. So how did it get its ...

People all over the world enjoy his stories. He lived in the Victorian age. Almost 200 years ago, Charles Dickens wrote a story about a little boy who had nothing. The boy was called Oliver Twist.

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The Charles Dickens Festival in Port Jefferson is back for its 28th year. Taking attendees back in time to the Victorian era and the world of the beloved author, the two-day event draws in ...

But I will be, no doubt, disappointed, as Mayor Andre Dickens will probably chalk up a decisive victory against a gadfly or two. Dickens is roundly well-liked, although an opponent could take him up ...

Return to Part One of this story, from the October 1870 Atlantic. Part II. From Philadelphia Mr. Dickens went direct to Washington. On reaching Baltimore the cars stopped awhile in the market-place.