At Gentofte Library in Copenhagen to give my first talk of the week: "The Women in Dickens's Novels". This is such a stunning library, full of light and space. I would love to sit and write here. It was designed by the architect Henning Larsen. #Denmark #Copenhagen #travel #author

My new Substack. Inspired by a lecture I gave this week. open.substack.com/pub/lucindah...

Historical research does not need to be done faster or in greater volume for any social or intellectual purpose whatever; if anything, it needs to be done more slowly and deliberately than at present, by people allowed the training, time, space, and resources to do it that way.

This is wonderful. youtu.be/I1D9YF0YapQ?...

This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.

This is happening today!

It's a beautiful day to #VOTE! Make your voice count, and be heard. Vote tactically if you need to, but PLEASE don't let the UK end up in the same mess as the USA. Vote and be counted! #PollingDay #DeedsNotWords #YourVoteCounts

At least 32,000 gallons of jet fuel has leaked from a military base into Maryland watersheds. The Defense Department refused to disclose the spill for at least 3 months.

On Thursday I'll be doing a free talk on Mamie Dickens at the Charles Dickens Museum in London - you can book to come along in person or to watch online. dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-ev...

I've been writing a series of articles about Dickens's year in Italy and this is the latest one. open.substack.com/pub/lucindah...

This morning I’ve seen Olly Robbins’s appearance before the select committee described as ‘box office’, while a commentator flagged up another key political moment with the words ‘bring the popcorn’. That’s one of our main problems right there.

Yesterday was so confusing. At times I genuinely couldn't tell which articles were April Fools jokes & which were simply more rambling dispatches from an increasingly mad world.

My next free talk for the Charles Dickens Museum is on 7 May, about my great great great aunt, Mamie Dickens. You can register to come along in person (limited places) or to watch online from anywhere in the world. And did I mention it is free….? dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-ev...?

Finally, some dream blurbs from the likes of @luketurner.bsky.social, @poetclare.bsky.social, @jennashworth.bsky.social, @sophiehaydock.bsky.social and @lucindahawksley.bsky.social 🐈‍⬛

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Crockett: "What if someone from another country said 'We're gonna bomb America bc we have a warrant for the president's arrest bc of the child sex trafficking in the Epstein files.' Every single one of you sticking up for him right now would be screaming. The analysis has to be the same."

I'm doing a free hybrid talk on Katey Dickens / the artist Kate Perugini tomorrow. You can join from anywhere (you just need to register in advance). dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-ev...

How much did you get for your soul, Pam?

Happy International Women's Day! Thinking of all the fabulous women I've written about as well as all those I'm lucky enough to know. Here are some of my #books in several different incarnations! #iwd2026 www.instagram.com/reel/DVnrooE...

On my way to Manchester to talk about Dickens and his Manchester Connections this afternoon at the Portico Library. www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...

What is happening to women and girls in Afghanistan is beyond belief. World leaders HAVE to act now. This vile violation of human rights has to be ended!!! Why is so much of the world staying silent on this? www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-a...

In beautiful - albeit rainy - Worcester for the Script Haven bookshop's lit fest over Charles Dickens's birthday weekend. Please note his blue plaque just outside the shop. In Dickens's time this building was part of the Swan Hotel.

Great to see so many people at The Charterhouse this evening for a fabulous talk by our President, @lucindahawksley.bsky.social, on CD’s youngest brother, the original ‘Boz’ - a brilliant way to start our year 😊

My latest #substack open.substack.com/pub/lucindah...

Workwise 2026 has started well (I cannot even think about what is happening in the outside world). So I’m hunkering down and writing with these two fabulous little beings slumbering beside me. #Dogs really do make everything feel better. Happy #writing to all my #author friends out there.

In an Egyptian marsh, 3300 years ago ~ a tawny cat hunts birds among papyrus stems, as butterflies flutter about / and a young girl grabs the leg of her hunter father (Nebamun Tomb Chapel, Thebes, 1350 BC, British Museum) artinsociety.com/lost-masterp...

In celebration of Southwark’s literary heritage: www.dickensfellowship.org/index.php/ce...

A wonderful man who I miss a great deal. Dickens scholarship has lost its leading light. Plus we’ve all lost a lovely friend. RIP Michael Slater.

Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake died in London 100 years ago #OTD 28 Dec 1925. Born at Chingford Rectory in 1865, she was the first British woman to qualify as Master of Surgery. She was lead surgeon at Royal Free Hospital & a pioneer of surgery for cervical cancer. Her statue is in Tavistock Square WC1.

Merry Christmas! Just in case there’s not enough to watch on TV, at 12pm today I’ll be on Talking Pictures TV (channel 82 on Freeview) with the super-talented musician Kate Garner. The filming took place at the Charles Dickens Museum in London.

The Winter 2025 issue of 'The Dickensian' has been published and will be with subscribers shortly.

This is happening today! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtual-wa...

I found this incredibly moving, and very clever. This wins my favourite Christmas ad for 2025. youtu.be/QkODyQxltzs?... @savethechildren.org

Spooky stories in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral on my “#Dickens and #Christmas” walking tour last night. What an absolutely LOVELY group of people. If you’d like to do the walk but can’t get to #London, I’m doing a virtual event on Tuesday, 9 Dec, 7pm UK time. www.eventbrite.com/o/9464508019

DF Central Christmas celebrations in London today, with a wonderful guided walk, led by our President, @lucindahawksley.bsky.social, followed by a delicious lunch at the beautifully Pickwickian tavern The George and Vulture 🎄

I had an absolutely wonderful time this afternoon - it’s the perfect festive literary walk, and I can’t recommend it highly enough!

At 7pm UK time on Tuesday 9 December, I am doing an online event, a #virtual walking tour of #London about #Dickens and #Christmas. You can join from anywhere in the world www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtual-wa...

My first #Dickens and #Christmas walking tour of the season is taking place tomorrow (1 Dec) in #London, at 2.30pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dickens-ch...

On 3 Dec (which I can’t believe is next week!), I’m doing a “Victorian Christmas” event at Crocus Books in Gerrards across, Bucks. Come along if you’re free & start to get festive! #Christmas #VictorianChristmas www.crocusbooksgx.co.uk/events-1

Hello World 😀 A bit late for 2025, but we're setting up here on Bluesky as we know there are quite a few writers here! We'd love to connect. For those who don't know us, Whitby Lit Fest launched in 2025, bringing a wonderful array of literary stars to Whitby. #literature #litfest #whitby #authors

My new Substack: ‘“This is not the Republic of my Imagination” Charles Dickens and The Changing Face of America’ lucindahawksley.substack.com/p/this-is-no...

The original Black Friday (nothing to do with shopping…), on my Substack open.substack.com/pub/lucindah... #BlackFriday #history #suffrage

For any Londoners with a winter coat to spare, you can take it to the Actors’ Church (St Paul’s in Covent Garden) to be given to someone who needs one.