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Miriam Margolyes tells Queen’s festival Charles Dickens would have been ‘pro-Palestine’

Actor reflected on Jewish identity, antisemitism and Gaza during the talk

The Independent UK

What links Dolly Parton with Charles Dickens? The Saturday quiz

From Barbie to bestiarius, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

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...

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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

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.

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

Harry Potter and the Gripes of the Curmudgeons

Are Harry Potter, Star Wars and other stories for children only?

The Canberra Times

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

Move over modern British: How stodgy food got sexy

It’s time to reclassify the word for traditional British comfort food, says Joanna Taylor

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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

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

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

‘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

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Evening Standard

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

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

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

‘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

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

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.

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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.

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