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

A joyful examination of two artists from different centuries and the unlikely parallels in their life and work

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

Thomas Skottowe's significant role in the Hunter's penal past is gaining some well-overdue attention.

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

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

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…

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.

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