DARK SECRETS: 16 - The Real Truth

One-man performance of A Christmas Carol hopes to bring slice of Dickens storytelling magic to Ayrshire

Ken O'Hara's MAD Productions' retelling of the Christmas classic will visit a variety of venues across the region.

Daily Record · Nov 7, 2022

Simpson’s Tavern: Campaign to save historic restaurant, which once fed Dickens

FANS of a good business lunch are up in arms after Simpson’s Tavern, where Charles Dickens is said to have been a patron, has closed its doors. The venue, which opened in 1757 and calls itself the oldest chophouse in London, shut last month and may not reopen.

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

From Bros to Bansky: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

A much-needed good times romcom or an exhibition that elevates rebellion into art? Our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2022

‘I’m sold’: Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell excite fans with tap dancing skills in new Christmas film trailer

Forthcoming comedy puts a musical spin on Charles Dickens’s classic, ‘A Christmas Carol’

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

We have no great expectations of Liz Truss

Letters: Sheila Cross agrees with Michael Rosen that social conditions now appear Dickensian, while Peter Riddle warns of real turbulence and Dr Neil Denby wonders why the wealthy always need carrots

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022

Ex-Tottenham midfielder who caught Pochettino's eye as Oliver Twist now a filmmaker

As a 10-year-old he found fame as a child actor playing the title role in a BBC production of a Dickens novel - and when his football career was blighted by injury, his creative instincts took over again

Daily Mirror · Oct 8, 2022

Liz Truss, we see the Dickensian world you dream of – and we refuse to go there

The prime minister has a plan, but people know it will leave them poorer, colder and hungrier, says writer and broadcaster Michael Rosen

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2022

The tragic misbehaviour of big business

Are successful businesspeople more like heroes or villains? In fictional accounts, one can find plenty of examples of each, from Charles Dickens's miserly Ebenezer Scrooge to Ayn Rand's rugged individualist entrepreneur John Galt. In F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan represents privileged old money, with its ruthlessness and…

Bangkok Post · Oct 6, 2022

First edition of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' nets Stirling charity more than £3000 at auction

A copy of Charles Dickens' classic festive tale, 'A Christmas Carol' - published in 1843 - was kindly donated to the Stirling city centre Oxfam Music and Books charity shop and fetched more than £3,000 at auction.

Daily Record · Oct 4, 2022

Fat-bottomed ghouls: Queen star Brian May helps out ghostly Charles Dickens show

Guitarist is a devoted collector of stereoscopic photographs, an early Victorian attempt to create 3D images

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2022