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‘God bless us, every one!’ The five best film versions of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

The classic festive tale of humbug and redemption has been adapted countless times for film and TV since the very first silent version in 1901 - but which ones are actually worth watching? The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Kevin E G Perry back to visit the top five

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Did Charles Dickens see A Christmas Carol as an anti-slavery story?

A Christmas Carol is usually read as a Victorian morality tale about capitalism and compassion. Yet an autographed script written by Charles Dickens during the American Civil War raises the possibility he may also have understood the story as speaking to the cause of ending slavery in the US.

The Conversation

The Scouse Christmas Carol review – knockabout comedy with a potty mouth

Paul Duckworth’s sweary Scrooge has romantic history with Marley’s widow in a pun-heavy festive show

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Neil Morrissey slams his local Gail's bakery and shares favourite pub in north London neighbourhood

The Men Behaving Badly star, 63, also raved about one of the oldest Victorian shopping streets in north London

Evening Standard

Christmas Karma review – Dickens adaptation has as much Yuletide spirit as a dead rat in the eggnog

Gurinder Chadha’s leaden update of the hardy seasonal chestnut with Kunal Nayyar is joyless and nausea-inducing

The Guardian - UK

Neil Morrissey to star in stage version of A Christmas Carol

It is the third run of the Mark Gatiss adaptation of A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story.

Evening Standard

From Scrooge to science: how dairy might disrupt your sleep and dreams

Ebenezer Scrooge tried to wave away the ghost of Jacob Marley by blaming the apparition on “an undigested bit of beef … a crumb of cheese”. Charles Dickens might have been writing fiction, but the idea that late-night dairy can warp dreams has now gained scientific support.

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Nosferatu director Robert Eggers 'working in A Christmas Carol' with Willem Dafoe in mind

Nosferatu filmmaker Robert Eggers is reportedly set to write and direct a new adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

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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…

The Conversation

How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol anticipated the psychology of Freud in its tale of childhood trauma

With a joyful celebration of family love and communal bonds at its heart, Charles Dickens’s story A Christmas Carol has often been credited with creating our modern idea of Christmas. Published on December 19 1843, the first edition sold out rapidly and the story was immediately adapted onto the Victorian…

The Conversation

Mark Gatiss: ‘Christmas is the perfect time for ghosts’

Glad tidings of comfort and joy? Not if Mark Gatiss has anything to do with it. David Barnett meets the man who haunts Christmas

The Independent UK

Christmas movie quiz: Which of these plots is real?

Some of the holiday story lines here are authentic, and some are as fake as snow in July. Can you spot the fakes?

Chicago Sun-Times

Goodman’s ‘Christmas Carol’ and its longtime Scrooge wows a first-time viewer

Larry Yando portrays the miser’s transformation with admirable aplomb in a production of depth and spectacle.

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‘Spirited’: Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell spin off Dickens into a jolly, bouncy musical

Showing skills in both sarcasm and sincerity, the two funnymen sing their way through a new adventure of the Ghost of Christmas Present.

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