What links Dolly Parton with Charles Dickens? The Saturday quiz From Barbie to bestiarius, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
Oscar Isaac To Portray Jesus Christ In Animated Family Film Oscar Isaac and Forest Whitaker lead the star-studded voice cast in Mofac Animation's upcoming family film, The King of Kings, inspired by a Charles Dicken... Top News · May 16, 2024
Pets that inspired Charles Dickens lionised in London exhibition Raven that terrorised writer’s children and later caught attention of Edgar Allan Poe among animals celebrated The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2024
The original 'Harry Potter' book cover art is expected to break records at auction Sotheby's June 26 auction of Thomas Taylor's watercolor illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is estimated to sell for $400,000-$600,000. WEKU · May 5, 2024
London Tide's Bella Maclean on making her National debut, Sex Education and starring in Jilly Cooper's Rivals The actor on how her family has inspired her ‘feisty and zesty’ character in this stage adaptation of Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend Evening Standard · May 3, 2024
How the great US writer James Baldwin still influences Londoners today... from Little Simz to Ian Wright Ahead of a season of films related to one of the 20th century’s most influential writers and thinkers, the programme’s curator looks at Baldwin’s relationship with the capital Evening Standard · May 2, 2024
CoSN & ASU-GSV: A Tale of Two Conferences This year's CoSN and ASU-GSV conferences supported innovation in education, but in very different ways Tech&Learning · Apr 23, 2024
London Tide review – Dickens and PJ Harvey team up for a melodrama as murky as the Thames With its heavy mood and gnomic song lyrics, this updated reimagining of Our Mutual Friend is like a 19th-century noir The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024
London Tide at the National Theatre review: all tension washes away in this leaden Dickens retelling PJ Harvey’s ceaselessly repetitive songs don’t make their case for being in the show Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2024
OPINION - London has changed in so many ways since Dickens' time - but the appalling inequality remains The celebrated author’s book Our Mutual Friend has been adapted for a new National Theatre show – and it’s a story that resonates strongly with the London we live in today Evening Standard · Apr 9, 2024
Harry Potter and the Gripes of the Curmudgeons Are Harry Potter, Star Wars and other stories for children only? The Canberra Times · Mar 31, 2024
Dickens! Hendrix! Johnson! Inside London's most historic houses Author Alice Loxton uncovers some of the capital’s historic gems — like the townhouse that was home to both Handel and Hendrix Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2024
Move over modern British: How stodgy food got sexy It’s time to reclassify the word for traditional British comfort food, says Joanna Taylor Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2024
Chris Bryant: ‘I’m quite an old-fashioned gay, in a way’ The author and Labour MP on his book about the last men in Britain to be hanged for their sexuality, his misgivings about the Church of England and the novel he always goes back to The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024 Author Peter Ackroyd: ‘You eat a great deal of knowledge. You sick it up. And then you start again’ The great biographer and novelist, now 74, shows no sign of slowing. Now he’s produced a history of the English soul, and declares himself ‘eager to go on’
The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024 The Guardian view on ending destitution: an essentials guarantee is needed Editorial: The extent of poverty in the UK is shameful and so is the silence surrounding it. Gordon Brown’s challenge to ministers is timely
The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024 ‘The destruction was intense’: the photos which capture Gaza’s humanitarian crisis In 2010, a trio of photographers travelled to Gaza to capture the lives of devastated families in the region following an Israeli incursion. With the territory mired in conflict again, the charity project is being revisited
Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024 Best Charles Dickens books to get into one of Britain's greatest novelists Novels for the best of times, and the worst of times
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024 The Artful Dodger review – this Dickens sequel is fast, furious and really great fun Thomas Brodie-Sangster’s nimble-fingered rogue reunites with Fagin in a penal colony in Australia for a glorious romp full of stolen jewels and hacked off limbs
Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2024 Inside the elite private members' clubs beloved by UK politicians Welcome to London's Clubland, where men-only rules and strict dress codes still draw top politicians
The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2024 ‘I want some light in my life’: eight writers make their new year reading resolutions Finding fun, getting lost in an epic and taking a first peek at science fiction ... Sathnam Sanghera, Elif Shafak, Sarah Waters and more make their reading resolutions for 2024
The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2023 David Copperfield by Charles Dickens audiobook review – starry spin on a classic Ncuti Gatwa, Helena Bonham Carter, Toby Jones and more imbue the latest Sam Mendes-produced adaptation of the author’s works with wit, charm and magic
The Conversation · Dec 27, 2023 Going for a walk wasn’t really a thing 300 years ago – the Victorians turned it into a popular pastime Going for a walk is always a good idea. Perhaps, if you are lucky enough, this might be a hike along ragged cliffs or trudge along a chilly beach with family. Many of us however, have to take to the pavements of Britain’s towns and cities for our post-lunch walks.
The Times of India · Dec 24, 2023 Merry Christmas 2023: Wishes, Messages, Quotes, Images, Greetings, Facebook & Whatsapp status Ho ho ho! The time to welcome Santa Claus into our homes is almost approaching, along with Christmas. Every year on December 25, people celebrate Christmas. It heralds a day full of wonder, thrills, and Christmas enchantment. On Christmas Day, there's always something to be grateful for, regardless of your…
TechRadar · Dec 23, 2023 The best Christmas movies on Disney Plus in 2023: 9 top flicks for the festive season ‘Tis the season to get cozy and work your way through all the best Christmas movies on Disney Plus, be it festive classics or holiday specials of iconic franchises.