For more of all things London history, sign up for our new ... add the words 'THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP – IMMORTALIZED BY CHARLES DICKENS' in ornate gothic script to the timbered facade.

A five-story townhouse in London's Mayfair district was long owned by an Earl and was visited in the 19th century by Napoleon ...

After receiving an inheritance, John Dickens was released and Charles was sent to the private Wellington House Academy in North London. He was an average student and left at 15 to work in a ...

Ever wished you could travel back to the mean streets of Victorian London, the one described by the era’s most beloved writer, Charles Dickens? One place to start would be the townhouse at 48 ...

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 ...

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Charles Dickens Museum in London is staging an exhibition of historic objects that shed light on the writer’s life and legacy Julia Binswanger Daily ...

The fair is populated as usual, by performers portraying characters from Charles Dickens and “the often ... and the “Dark Garden Corset Experience.” There are six aptly name British pubs ...

Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire ... spiralling debts meant that young Charles was sent to work in a London factory. His experience of the poor conditions endured there by the child labourers ...

Heralded as one of the best—if not the best—novelists of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens longed for fame from an early age ...

Prepare yourself for plum puddings, snowy Christmases, and bitterly cold London scenes aplenty in these gorgeous Charles Dickens film and TV adaptations. It’s unsurprising, then, that the author ...

The best walking routes from riverside ambles to scenic park routes in London. Despite the presents ... Starting at 48 Doughty St (now The Charles Dickens Museum, Dickens lived here from 1837 ...