Did you know that the way people celebrate Christmas today is directly influenced by the success of the classic novella by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol? No? Then pull up a chair and grab a hot ...

When his father was called to London again to be a clerk in the Naval Pay Office, the elder Dickens amassed so much debt that the entire family—except for Charles and his older sister Fanny ...

DID you know the world-famous 19th-century English novelist Charles Dickens once ... house adjacent to which the Abbey Hotel was built in 1848, and Dickens would take a room there when visiting ...

A new exhibition celebrates 100 years of the Charles Dickens Museum. Behold! Dickens with a moustache! What do we reckon? "A hideous disfigurement," was the verdict of the author's friend and ...

I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works...". Dickens died at his house, Gad's Hill Place, near Rochester in Kent and it was presumed that he would be buried at ...

This free, teacher-made A Christmas Carol revision guide is a detailed and practical resource designed to support teachers in preparing students for their GCSE English Literature exam. It provides an ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly.

Todd Haynes, serving as Berlinale jury president, shed light on how his filmmaking craft evolved from Superstar to Carol, and the impact Mark Ruffalo has had on him.

When he was a young engineer, Derrick Dickens frequently heard that he didn’t fit the stereotype. “I didn’t have a pocket protector. I didn’t have the nerdy glasses,” he jokes.

Hotel Chocolat saw its best ever Christmas for UK sales, as the retailer said it will open 25 new UK stores and hire 200 more people. The chocolate seller, which was bought by Mars last year ...

Hotel Chocolat saw its best ever Christmas for UK sales, as the retailer said it will open 25 new UK stores and hire 200 more people. The chocolate seller, which was bought by Mars last year, made 10% ...