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/ 10 February 2012
Two hundred years after Charles Dickens’s
birth on February 7 1812, his energetic, blazing
life still fascinates us, writes <b>Jenny Uglow</b>.
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/ 7 February 2012
Prince Charles has led celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, one of English literature’s most revered novelists.
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/ 3 December 2010
In true Dickensian style, a magnificent gift has arrived at the doorstep of Charles Dickens’s only surviving London home.
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/ 18 December 2008
Oliver Twist wouldn’t have needed any more gruel in real life, scientists said on Thursday.
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/ 5 February 2008
Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll that came out on Monday, which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real. The survey found that 47% thought the 12th century English king, Richard the Lionheart, was a myth.
Arundhati Roy wrote a Booker winner, then became a political activist. Ten years and two court cases later, she has begun a second novel. Randeep Ramesh speaks to the author.