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.

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 ...

DICKENS sailed, or rather steamed, for the United States early in January, 1842. During the previous six months he had been one of the most radical of the English Liberals, dreading a Tory ...

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 ...

It’s tradition. The day after Thanksgiving for the past 27 years, Joanne Meuwissen of Chanhassen hauls the Dickens Village collection from storage and then begins the happy job of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Charles Dickens wrote a story for his young children, and now that story is coming our way in the form of The King of Kings.