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 ...

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.

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 ...

Any Grantchester fan will tell you that they are in love with the show’s furry troublemaker–black Labrador Dickens. What you may not know is that this pooch has some serious industry bite ...

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 ...

These follicular insights are just the tip of the toupee at the Charles Dickens Museum's new show. "Dickens in Doughty Street: 100 Years of the Charles Dickens Museum" is the long but self-explanatory ...