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Rare letter written by Oliver Cromwell to be auctioned in Edinburgh

A rare letter written by Oliver Cromwell in 1648 will be sold at an online auction in Edinburgh. In the letter, Cromwell discusses intimate family affairs such as his son’s marriage and the fate of his two younger daughters. The document will be ...

23 Sept 2022 at 16:57

Olivia Colman to star in BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations

Olivia Colman is to star in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel Great Expectations. The Oscar-winning actress, 48, will play wealthy spinster Miss Havisham in the coming-of-age story about an orphan nicknamed Pip. The six-part ...

18 Feb 2022 at 00:25

Hundreds dress in Dickensian period costume to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Rochester to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in a unique way. Drawing on the Medway town’s historic connections with Charles Dickens, each June and December participants in period costume take to ...

04 Jun 2022 at 17:02

News

Charles Dickens’ unseen letters to be published for the first time

A batch of Charles Dickens’ letters that have remained unseen and unpublished will go on display for the first time on Wednesday. The 11 letters include assorted invitation notes and insights into the author’s reading habits and writing ...

30 Aug 2022 at 10:51

Items from Charles Dickens’ childhood to be displayed to mark 200-year milestone

A collection of key items from Charles Dickens’ childhood are to go on display to mark the 200th anniversary of the world-famous writer’s introduction to the working world. Dickens was just 11-years-old when he was forced to leave ...

25 Aug 2023 at 01:18

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle manuscript could fetch almost £1m at auction

An autographed manuscript of The Sign Of Four featuring Sherlock Holmes is set to become the most valuable Sir Arthur Conan Doyle item ever offered at auction. The 1889 manuscript is estimated to sell for 800,000 to 1.2 million ...

03 Apr 2024 at 18:40

David Harewood says Dickens would be ‘writing about the Tory Government’ today

David Harewood has said that if Charles Dickens were alive today he “would have been writing about the Tory Government” and “how they dismantled the welfare state”. The Homeland star, who celebrated his 58th birthday on Friday,...

09 Dec 2023 at 11:00

Entertainment

Adrian Edmondson to play Ebenezer Scrooge in RSC’s returning A Christmas Carol

Actor Adrian Edmondson has reflected on the relevance today of the theme of poverty in A Christmas Carol as he prepares to take on the lead role in an upcoming production. The Young Ones star, 65, is to play Ebenezer Scrooge ...

22 Jul 2022 at 10:53

Olivia Colman striking in first trailer for BBC Great Expectations adaptation

Olivia Colman looks striking as Miss Havisham in the first trailer for the upcoming BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel Great Expectations. In the short teaser, the Oscar-winning actress appears aged with wispy ...

06 Feb 2023 at 16:07

First look at Olivia Colman in new BBC Great Expectations adaptation

Olivia Colman looks unrecognisable in the first pictures released for the upcoming BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel Great Expectations. The Oscar-winning actress, 48, will play the wealthy spinster Miss ...

12 Jul 2022 at 17:40

King Arthur hall and institute led by Dickens named among at-risk historic sites

A hall linked to the legends of King Arthur and an educational institute once run by Charles Dickens are among historic sites at risk of being lost forever. Over the past year, Historic England has added 175 places to ...

10 Nov 2022 at 13:16

Movies

Will Ferrell says he worried Christmas classic Elf ‘might be my last movie’

Will Ferrell says he feared that his classic Christmas film Elf would be “my last movie” while filming it almost 20 years ago. The US actor and comedian said the film had “stood the test of time” because it was ...

15 Nov 2022 at 02:53

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