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Professor Emerita of Victorian Literature and Print Culture, Dickensian and long-distance walker.
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Jim Mussell
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Obit for Michael Slater in the
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
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Michael Slater obituary
Scholar of Charles Dickens who wrote a definitive biography and shone a light on the writerâs more neglected works
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/26/michael-slater-obituary
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Looking forward to seeing this in the new year! Charles Dickens exhibition to shine light on powerful women in authorâs life
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
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Charles Dickens exhibition to shine light on powerful women in authorâs life
Novels only âreinforced Victorian stereotypesâ of meek women to give readers what they wanted, says curator
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/25/london-exhibition-shines-light-on-powerful-women-in-charles-dickens-life?CMP=share_btn_url
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Chris Louttit
14 days ago
"Christmas Morning". Charles Green illustration for Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Pears' Christmas Annual 1892 (Day 7 of 7).
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Chris Louttit
15 days ago
Green's image provides an intriguing reinterpretation of John Leech's original illustration, "The Last of the Spirits". Green is slightly more faithful to Dickens's text in representing Scrooge clutching at the Spirit's robe, but the miser's name is not evident on the gravestone as in Leech.
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15 days ago
"Scrooge and the Third Spirit". Charles Green illustration for Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Pears' Christmas Annual 1892 (Day 6 of 7).
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18 days ago
"Marley's Ghost Appearing to Scrooge". Charles Green illustration for Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Pears' Christmas Annual 1892 (Day 3 of 7).
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19 days ago
"Not a knocker,--but Marley's Face!" Charles Green illustration for Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Pears' Christmas Annual 1892 (Day 2 of 7).
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Prof Michaela Mahlberg
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Institute of English Studies
29 days ago
It is with deep sadness that the Institute of English Studies reports the death of Michael Slater, MBE. Michael was a world-leading authority on Charles Dickens, who generously shared his enthusiasm, knowledge, understanding, and promotion of all things Dickensian.
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Michael Slater, MBE, 1936-2025
Michael Slater, MBE, 1936-2025
https://ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/news/michael-slater-mbe-1936-2025
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In the Great Expectations country last Sunday, howâs this for a Dickensian scene
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Gail Marshall
about 1 month ago
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/01/uk-agreement-rejoin-erasmus-eu-student-exchange-scheme-brexit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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A huge figure in Dickens Studies, his contribution to the field over the last half century is unsurpassed.
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has lost a champion.
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Margot Finn
about 2 months ago
The Chartists, an enduring reminder that change is possible and vitally important, even when (at the time) you don't 'win'.
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Hear, hear!
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about 2 months ago
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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley
about 2 months ago
Good piece by
@davidsonofaaron.bsky.social
on the Prescott memo, which looks very dodgy:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-prescott-memo-flunks-the-impartiality-test
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Samira Ahmed
about 2 months ago
Written before the BBC resignations but this by
@arusbridger.bsky.social
is really worth reading.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBCâs entire governance structureârather than individual storiesâthat should cause most concern
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/bbc-news/71517/the-bbc-has-bigger-impartiality-problems-than-its-coverage-of-trump
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Jane Martinson
about 2 months ago
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/09/bbc-attack-trump-telegraph-tories-tim-davie-resignation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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A Carol Bollywood style!
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âIf youâre unhappy with Reform, this is a soothing balmâ: Gurinder Chadha on her reboot of A Christmas Carol
She has directed cross-cultural versions of Pride and Prejudice and Itâs a Wonderful Life. Now, the film-maker is reworking Dickensâs A Christmas Carol â with an Asian Scrooge
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/07/gurinder-chadha-interview-christmas-karma-dickens-kunal-nayyar?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Jane Harrison discussing George du Maurierâs Mrs Lyon Hunter in Punch, notes her origin in Mrs Leo Hunter, famed versifier of the âOde to an Expiring Frogâ in Pickwick
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Who was around the Punch table in the first two decades?
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The wonderful
@patrickleary.bsky.social
begins his keynote at âPictorial Punchâ at
@britishlibrary.bsky.social
. Great to be here with other
@rs4vp.org
friends!
2 months ago
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Led By Donkeys
2 months ago
Farage: epic grifter
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Including a fascinating look at the manuscript and Dickensâs reading copy đ
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3 months ago
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
3 months ago
Just a reminder to join the
#RSVPDigiEv
team this Friday, 17 Oct. to hear from our Curran Index editors about the "joys and challenges" of archival and attribution research. We'll meet at the usual time, usual place (Zoom). Registration is, as always, free and open to all!
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Oct. Digital Event: "From Periodicals to Dailies" â RSVP
Our October DigiEvent features a talk by editors of the Curran Index on the joys and challenges of archival plenitude. Join us October 17!
https://buff.ly/hPHfufm
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Chris Louttit
3 months ago
Looking forward to Dickens Day tomorrow, & to talking about Fred Barnard again! This time, I'll be giving a paper (with lots of images) on his Character Sketches from Dickens. A tiny teaser below of Barnard's sketch of Sydney Carton & its remediation in a children's edition by Russell Thorndyke.
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The Dickens Fellowship
3 months ago
At tonightâs meeting of Central DF, at The Charterhouse, London, author Alan Humm will be talking about his novel The Sparkler, published in 2024. All welcome
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I didnât know Neo-Impressionists did bourgeois interior scenes commenting ironically on the C19 domestic ideal, but there are two superb examples by Paul Signac in the Radical Harmony exhibition now on at
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4 months ago
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Great shout out for Nellie Bly
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Another candidate for the original of Joe Gargeryâs forge in Great Expectations - this one in the high street of High Halstow, just opposite Forge Lane
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4 months ago
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And here are the remains of the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, celebrated by
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in his essayâOut of Townâ for Household Words.
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Hereâs another
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landmark I didnât know about
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The British Lion in Folkestone has a Dickens Room where I was told he wrote âLittle Dorritâ while he was staying for the summer at Albion Villas.
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Priti Joshi
4 months ago
We have a wonderful line up of keynote speakers for RSVP-Dublin: KATHERINE BODE (Australian National University) will deliver the Wolff keynote and ANDREW LEWIS and TEJA VARMA PUSAPATI will be in conversation for the Colby keynote! And you too can be there - submit a proposal by Nov 1.
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Incisive and insightful as ever đ
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Peter Foster
4 months ago
Indeed: the populists do make people poorer, but then they blame anyone but themselves: immigrants, unions, foreign wars etc. Poor people are disgruntled. Ripe for exploitation by populists. Rinse and repeat. (As weâre seeing now)
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The âShowtimeâ exhibition now on at the
dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-ev...
has playbills, annotated copies of the scripts of Dickensâs reading texts and interviews with adaptors and performers of Dickens and his works and more.
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It is a bumper issue and a fitting tribute to mark the centenary of the wonderful Charles Dickens Museum in Doughty Street.đ
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An curious anticipation of the much later trials of John Jasper
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A new book about another source for âOliver Twistâ that will interest
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Plot Twist: I am related to the real-life Oliver
Oliver Twist is one of the authorâs best known creations. But for Nicholas Blincoe, the story is much closer to home. He reveals an astonishing family history
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/24/plot-twist-i-am-related-to-the-real-life-oliver
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Patrick Leary
5 months ago
If your research centrally involves the 19th-c. British press, you should for sure consider applying for a Curran Fellowship. Anybody can apply, and the process is blessedly straightforward. My late friend Eileen Curran would be proud to see all the fine projects that her generosity has assisted in.
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Institute of English Studies
5 months ago
Still time to apply!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
5 months ago
#RSVPDigiEvents
is getting into the back-to-school spirit on Friday, 5 Sept. We'll learn from our experts on how to create standout grant application, just in time for Curran and (upcoming) Peterson Fellowship season! As always, registration is free and open to all:
rs4vp.org/digital-even...
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Emily Mark-FitzGerald
5 months ago
Irish history / photo nerd klaxon: thanks to dedicated archivists
@librarycongress.bsky.social
, Iâve reconstructed the 1907 âIreland through the Stereoscopeâ full 100-card set from their archives. Itâs the only complete one Iâve found in a public collection - an amazing record of 19th/20th c Ireland
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Tom Ue
5 months ago
Questions? Ping
@matthewleggatt.bsky.social
, Hadas, &/or me! We look fwd to reading your submission & to working w/ you!
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I was pleased to see Eliza Orme heading the list in the brief history of women in the legal profession in the UK in the programme notes for Susie Millerâs new play, âInter Aliaâ, now on at the NT
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Emily Middleton (formerly Bell)
5 months ago
So
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@dominicgerrard.bsky.social
âs wonderful podcast, Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire recently. Here we are talking about his poetry, including some readings of the best (and worst) bits:
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The Verse of Charles Dickens: with Lydia Craig & Emily Middleton - Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire! đ„
Dickens' genius as a novelist is acknowledged the world over ... but what was he like as a poet?Joining Dominic today to find out are the inimitable Dr. Lydia Craig & Dr. Emily Middleton who have ...
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Gail Marshall introducing the 1850s volume in CUPâs Nineteenth Century Literature in Transition series at the launch event in Cambridge.
6 months ago
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âCurtisâs Botanical Magazineâ, the world's longest-running, continuously published botanical periodical, bringing gardening to the masses, on display at âUnearthed: The Power of Gardeningâ
events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...
until 10 August
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6 months ago
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