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The Mortality Rate Of Victorian Children Is A Cautionary Tale That Is Shockingly Relevant Today

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in shocking numbers. Could the child mortality rate go back?

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The Guardian view on rewriting classics: what the Dickens?

Editorial: Retellings of novels like Huckleberry Finn and David Copperfield help to keep the canon alive

The Guardian - UK

Carols were the ‘pop hits’ of earliest days of Christmas festivities – academic

The traditional songs of worship were part of the Victorian Christmas which featured in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

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Charles Dickens Museum showcases its collections to celebrate centenary

Items in special exhibition displayed for first time include copy of David Copperfield taken by Scott to Antarctica

The Guardian - UK

‘One of the most beloved writers of all time’: the genius of Joan Aiken at 100

From Willoughby Chase to Black Hearts in Battersea, Joan Aiken’s tales of plucky orphans surviving in industrial Britain are a keystone of children’s literature

The Guardian - UK

Three Victorian Christmas recipes to try at home – including a potato pudding

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in 1843 – the same year as the first Christmas card. Over the course of the 19th century, his depictions of the Christmas turkey and charitable spirit were reprinted thousands of times in Britain and America, cementing the fascination with and commodification…

The Conversation

16 best Christmas films of all time from Love Actually to Home Alone

Whether it’s ‘The Snowman’, ‘Die Hard’ or ‘Home Alone’, you can stream them all

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Dutch City Transforms Into 19Th-Century England For Dickens Festival

Experience the enchanting Dickens Festival in Deventer, where 19th-century England comes to life with elaborate costumes and immersive historical settings.

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Charles Dickens' characters come alive in a Dutch town enamored with the English author

The Dutch city of Deventer has been transformed into a 19th-century English city where 950 people in costumes brought characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life

The Independent UK

Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in shocking numbers. Teaching 19th-century English literature, I regularly encounter gutting depictions of losing a child, and I am reminded that not knowing the emotional cost of widespread child mortality is a luxury.

The Conversation

A Christmas Carol review – sparse on sparkles but Dickens’ story remains a beacon

Absorbing adaptation is faithful to the original, with sepia lighting and a whiskery, curmudgeonly Scrooge pinching pennies in hard times

The Guardian - UK

Smashed Ebenezer Scrooge gravestone swiftly repaired free of charge

Vicar praises stonemasons’ rapid restoration of fictional gravesite, seen in 1984 adaption of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

The Guardian - UK

Victorian Christmases were both thrifty and indulgent – try these DIY projects and yours could be too

Charles Dickens is often mistakenly credited with inventing modern Christmas. But his writing did give us a unique insight into the ways both ordinary and elite Victorians celebrated the festive season.

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5 new podcasts to listen to this week

These are our top podcast picks.

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Places around the world you need to visit if you're a bookworm at heart

Love a good book? Then taking inspiration from these destinations might be a good idea for your next trip

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Humbug: vandal smashes gravestone of Ebenezer Scrooge

Damage to fictional gravesite, seen in 1984 adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, discovered on Sunday

Evening Standard

A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic review: a joyful, bravura piece of stagecraft

4/5 This show tugs shamelessly but unsentimentally on the heartstrings, and its message is just as potent as ever

The Guardian - AU

Peter Carey on Jack Maggs and snubbing the Queen: ‘I thought she was a relic’

As the stage version of his take on Great Expectations opens in Adelaide, the novelist looks back at a right royal kerfuffle – and a memorable encounter with a London cabby

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Timothy West's best roles, from Brass to EastEnders

The actor, who has died at the age of 90, was renowned for his roles on stage an screen

Evening Standard

Prince Charles Cinema to play a Muppets Christmas Carol every day in December

Some of the screenings will be sing-alongs

The Conversation

What the Menendez brothers’ case tells us about the moral paradox of true crime

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has recommended that a judge resentence Lyle and Erik Menendez almost three decades after the brothers were sentenced to life without parole for murdering their parents.

The Independent UK

Old Bailey hauntings: Victorian baby killer, ghostly barrister and spectral cat

A phantasmal woman seen lurking outside a jury room is believed by some to be that of nurse Amelia Dyer, dubbed the Ogress of Reading.

Inverse

The Story Behind The “Ghosts” In All Those (Very Real) Victorian Photos

What's the deal with all those ghosts in 19th century photos? Think of it as the first Halloween meme — from centuries back.

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Victorian ghost photographs amused viewers with spooky thrills

October has long been associated with ghosts – from ancient Celtic festivals to ward off restless spirits after harvest time to the modern standby of using an old sheet to make a last-minute Halloween costume. In the middle of the 19th century, however, popular portrayals of ghosts became a year-round…

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5 new Hulu movies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

Hulu has shown time and time again that it has some of the best titles on streaming, and these four new movies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes are about to make it even better.

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