The eldest son of Elizabeth and John Dickens was born in February 1812 on Portsea Island in the British city of Portsmouth, and moved around with his family in his younger years to Yorkshire and ...

I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works...". Dickens died at his house, Gad's Hill Place, near Rochester in Kent and it was presumed that he would be buried at ...

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 ...

Plymouth has been revealed as a hotspot for cases of a Dickensian superbug, as cases soar in 2025. More than 5,000 people across the UK were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year alone ...

In addition to "plushie-fying" less popular animals, Jellycat has seemingly turned mundane adulthood into something wholesome, cute, and cuddly. They have four lines: Objects, Food & Drink, Plants & ...

Jellycat floggers are targeting UK toy shops en masse in a bid to sell off stocks of the plushies for massive four-figure sums. The craze-igniting British-made soft toys have climbed high in ...

She particularly sought out places mentioned in Dickens's fiction and wrote in her diary that she "felt as if I'd got into a novel". Alcott was an enormous fan of Dickens, capable of quoting long ...

The Manhattan Democratic Party is expected to hold a vote Monday night on whether to proceed with nominating former Harlem Assembly Member Inez Dickens as a commissioner on the New York City Board of ...

ALDI is launching a cute range of Jellycat duplicates for just £3.99 just in time for Valentine's Day. The set of six soft toys will be available in stores from January 30 and could be the ...

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens threw his support behind a moratorium on homeless encampment clearings on Friday, amid calls for changes to the city’s homeless strategy after a sweep by city workers ...

Jellycat lovers have fallen head over heels for Home Bargains' new £1.99 item. For years now, Jellycat's adorable characters, bags and charms have delighted shoppers, and the soft toys regularly ...