Yesterday marked the 123rd anniversary of the Dickens Fellowship, founded on 6 October 1902 at a meeting in Anderton's Hotel, Fleet Street, with B.W.Matz as the first Honorary General Secretary.

Good to hear from novelist Alan Humm this evening at The Charterhouse. His book, The Sparkler is available at the Charles Dickens Museum bookshop and from online retailers

At tonight’s meeting of Central DF, at The Charterhouse, London, author Alan Humm will be talking about his novel The Sparkler, published in 2024. All welcome

Victorianists - a little bit of silly joy in all the gloom: take a moment today to vote for this gorgeous Lego set idea of the Great Exhibition so we can all get it for Christmas! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Another candidate for the original of Joe Gargery’s forge in Great Expectations - this one in the high street of High Halstow, just opposite Forge Lane @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social

And here are the remains of the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, celebrated by #Dickens in his essay’Out of Town’ for Household Words.

Ah, yes. A wonderful little pub in The Bayle; one of Folkestone’s hidden historic gems 💎

Copied from Ian Dickens’s post on X: Spotted in a Ventnor shop. The splendid quote from the letter Dickens posted in Shanklin to his wife, telling her he’d found the perfect place for their 1849 summer. The mugs are produced by Little Bear Pottery and sold from Ventnor’s Luchelle Boutique

The magnificent Summer 2025 edition of The Dickensian is devoted to commemorating the 100th anniversary of London’s Charles Dickens Museum, and it should be with subscribers shortly 🎉

I’ve just written a brand new walking tour, from Dickens’s former home on Doughty St (now The Charles Dickens Museum) to 1 Devonshire Terrace - where he wrote “A Christmas Carol”. I’ll be leading it for the first time next month, on 24 September. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dickens-wa...

Delighted to hear that our Broadstairs branch is now holding its meetings at Bleak House (formerly Fort House), a favourite holiday home of Charles Dickens and his family in the 1830s, ‘40s and ‘50s. #broadstairs #dickens

This fall, spend Tuesday afternoons with Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens's complex, entertaining, and final masterpiece of corruption and renewal. A Newberry Library Adult Education class—Join from anywhere. stevenjventurino.com/fall-2025-a-...

Group 1 of our annual Summer Ramble, at the Bazalgette memorial on Bictoria Embankment, happening now 👍

Fantastic programme of events at the Charles Dickens Museum, 48 Doughty Street, London, this summer 🎉💕👏👏

A few snaps from last week’s conference. There are more, and a brief report on our website - www.dickensfellowship.org - and a full report will appear in our journal, ‘The Dickensian’, in due course.

Magnificent performance from Gerald Dickens this evening, rounding off day one of our 118th annual conference 🤩👏👏👏

New Gad’s Hill tour date for the diary…our next tours will be on Saturday 19th July. If you would like to see Dickens’s study and eat biscuits in his conservatory you can find the booking link here: www.gadshillplace.co.uk

A large crowd braved the heat in Carrara yesterday to hear DF President Lucinda Hawksley talk about 'Dickens and Travel' and Saverio Tomaiuolo of the University of Cassino talk about his Italian translation of 'the Mystery of Edwin Drood'.

The printed brochures have arrived 🎉😊 Not long now, so we wish safe travels to all our members making their way to Canterbury ✈️🚘🚆🚢

Fascinating talk at DF Central this evening, with @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social, exploring the ways in which people have engaged with Dickens biographies over the years

The next Central DF meeting is on Tuesday 24th June, 6:30pm, at The Charterhouse, London EC1M 6AN, where Dr Lucy Whitehead will talk about 'Dickens's Lives: Biographies of Dickens, 1870-2020.'

I’m really looking forward to being in #Southwold next week for the Arts Festival. I’ll be talking about my #book “Dickens and Travel”. @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social

Last chance! Bookings close tomorrow - 16 June 2025. www.dickensfellowship.org/index.php/an...

Fabulous Victorian Féte in the garden of Bleak House this afternoon, as part of the Broadstairs Dickens Festival 🥰

Blues or Buffs? Which would you shout for? The Dickens Declaimers’ dramatic reading of ‘The Eatanswill By-Election’, this afternoon in Broadstairs 👏👏👏

An absolutely amazing day at the Charles Dickens Museum in London yesterday - celebrating the museum’s 100th birthday. @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social

Many thanks to @westminsterabbey.bsky.social for hosting our annual wreath laying ceremony to mark the anniversary of Dickens’s death, #OTD in 1870. Wreaths were laid by DF President, @lucindahawksley.bsky.social, who also gave the oration, and by pupils of Gads Hill School

🛎️ 🎉 Booking will close on 16 June for our 118th Annual Conference, which takes place in Canterbury in July. Full programme and booking details available at www.dickensfellowship.org/index.php/an...

An interesting insight into Victorian charity scandals, with JHGS Dr Sati McKenzie, at this evening’s DF Central meeting in London

A wonderful exchange of literary and cultural heritage 👏👏👏

What a great memorial! Inspired by Dickens, Angela Burdett Coutts’ philanthropy helped thousands of Victorian poor: www.coutts.com/insight-arti...

The brilliant Dominic Gerrard has published an audiobook of Dickens's under-appreciated short story 'George Silverman's Explanation', and you can listen to it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXwT.... It's probably my favourite underrated Dickens, and it's well worth a listen.

Gyles Brandreth remembering Dickens in Broadstairs at the 50th birthday dinner of the Dickens Pickwick Club in London @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social

A wonderful ‘Frolic’ at Cutlers’ Hall in London this evening, marking the 50th Anniversary of the City Pickwick Club, with guest speaker Gyles Brandreth.

Zoom details available by email from [email protected]

Out now, the Spring 2025 edition of The Dickensian 🎉😊 If you don’t currently subscribe, you can do so via our website - dickensfellowship.org

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Look out for the forthcoming Summer issue of The Dickensian which celebrates the centenary of the Charles Dickens Museum @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social

OTD - 30 April - in 1870, at the Royal Academy Banquet in Burlington House, Dickens made his final public speech. Other speakers included the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), William Gladstone, and Benjamin Disraeli.

A Lego-ideas creator is seeking support for his Dickens inspired design - full details here: ideas.lego.com/s/p:9aeae9b3...

Gad’s Hill gardens looking beautiful in the sunshine 😊 Our next guided tour is on Sunday 11th May. Booking information can be found here www.gadshillplace.co.uk

Fabulous dramatic reading by Mansel David of ‘The Crummles; Part Two’, adapted from ‘Nicholas Nickleby’, @charterhouse.bsky.social for Central DF evening 👏👏👏

DOTD - 19/04/1917 - Georgina Hogarth, CDs sister-in-law, described in his will as 'the best and truest friend man ever had'.

Last night I had the pleasure of hearing @annagk.bsky.social talk to our Dickens postgraduates about www.dickensnotes.com - a fantastic open access resource showing Dickens's working notes for his novels. Highly recommended!

Today I saw the ‘King of Kings’ movie at my local @cineworldcinemas.bsky.social cinema; a great new Easter film for all ages, based on Dickens’s ‘Life of our Lord’, written for his children and not published until 1934

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m... This looks interesting @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social

As it's #WorldTheatreDay, it seems appropriate to say that The Plays of Charles Dickens, edited by Joanna Hofer-Robinson and myself, is out to buy in 4 days! The hardback has the usual academic pricetag (but you can get 30% off with the code NEW30). edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-pla...

Fabulous evening at The Charterhouse, with @peteorford.bsky.social 👏👏👏