Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Charles Dickens

Goodbye angels, hello Ozempic needles – what’s behind the boom in bizarre Christmas baubles?

This year’s most-wanted ornaments include weight-loss syringes and favourite foodstuffs. When and why did Christmas trees become so commercialised?

The Guardian - UK

Ebony Scrooge review, Sadler’s Wells – Ebenezer gets a fabulous hip-hop update

4/5 Charles Dickens’s miserly mister becomes a devilish fashion designer in this marvellously modern production

The Independent UK

Red Dead Redemption 2 is "slightly more novelistic" than GTA 5 because Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser "binged on Victorian novels" for inspiration

"If you look at Dickens, Zola, Tolstoy or any of those authors, there's that feeling of all the world is here – that's what you're trying to get in open world games"

GamesRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says GTA games are "not as good as" Charles Dickens books, "but they are similar" in their world-building

But he was thrilled by the comparison during a GTA 4 interview

GamesRadar

OPINION - Paddington Bear has captured the spirit of the season – when there's no place for cynicism

The productions at this time of year are ruthlessly sentimental – and all the more right for it

Evening Standard

Alan Carr tries to become a wine connoisseur: best podcasts of the week

The Celebrity Traitor winner teams up with fellow comedian Lee Peart for a hilarious attempt to demystify vino. Plus, David Suchet narrates Dickens’s spine-tingling tales

The Guardian - UK

A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic 2025: The ultimate ghostly tale to warm even the coldest cockles

4/5 Paul Hilton is a spritely Scrooge in this annual tradition that never fails to make you cry, laugh, and get pelted with parachuting sprouts

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

David Copperfield review – Dickens distilled into an inventive three-hander

Abigail Pickard Price’s stripped-back staging conjures ghost stories, seaside dreams and Dickensian tragedy through three performers’ dazzling transformations

The Guardian - UK

A Dickensian feast at Fortnum & Mason and Christmas at Kew: top festive treats

Enjoy exclusive access to sparkling Priceless Experiences with Mastercard. From sought-after theatre tickets to ice skating by the Thames, ’tis the season for making memories to treasure

The Guardian - UK

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

7 best new to Hulu movies with 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes in November 2025

Our guide on the seven best movies recently added to Hulu in November 2025 that have at least 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes.

Tom’s Guide

It made ‘perfect sense’ to make secular festive film – Christmas Karma director

Musical movie Christmas Karma stars The Big Bang Theory’s Kunal Nayyar as a contemporary Scrooge, called Mr Sood.

Evening Standard

Best Christmas books, from classic novels to contemporary romances

Cosy up this season with romcoms, classics and family dramas

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie's new book is his first fiction since a brutal attack. He tells us why

Salman Rushdie's new book, “The Eleventh Hour,” marks a creative reset for the author

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

BANG Premier

Johnny Depp to play Scrooge in A Christmas Carol

Actor Johnny Depp is to play the lead role of Ebenezer Scrooge in new big screen adaptation of Charles Dickens' festive classic A Christmas Carol.

Evening Standard

Victory for London pub loved by Charles Dickens against council in battle to keep riverside tables

The two century-old Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich, once a favourite spot of The Christmas Carol author, is known for its outdoor seating overlooking the River Thames

The Conversation

Who are the worst mothers in literature? Our experts weigh in

The first sentence of Anna Karenina is now a literary cliche, yet contains a nub of truth. “All happy families,” writes Leo Tolstoy, “resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

The Guardian - UK

Nick Harkaway: ‘I loathed Charles Dickens – it nearly turned me off reading for ever’

The author on his secret theories about Tolkien, the most perfect and terrifying Moomin book, and how his father, John le Carré, inspired him

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

WhatToWatch

Kit Harington to star in 'historical blockbuster' on the BBC

The Game of Thrones actor is bringing A Tale of Two Cities to the Beeb

Evening Standard

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

Best books about London: Tales that capture the essence of the world's best city

From the satirical to the sublime, these books are simply, quintessentially, London

The Independent UK

I’ve listened to hundreds of audiobooks – here are my 21 favourites

Immerse yourself in these great reads narrated by well-known voices

The Guardian - UK

Plot Twist: I am related to the real-life Oliver

Oliver Twist is one of the author’s best known creations. But for Nicholas Blincoe, the story is much closer to home. He reveals an astonishing family history

Evening Standard

Unpublished sketches of Charles Dickens go on display for first time

A one-off set of pen, ink and watercolour sketches of the English playwright can be seen at the Charles Dickens Museum in London.

Evening Standard

Patrick Dempsey's London: Hyde Park, Lock & Co hatters and vintage watches

The actor loves London’s architecture, hatteries, Hyde Park — and a proper chicken tikka masala

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.