The Dickens Fellowship
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Founded in London in 1902, The Dickens Fellowship is a worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of the novelist, journalist and social reformist Charles Dickens (1812-1870).
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We enjoyed a fascinating talk by Professor Carolyn Oulton last night at Central DF, based on her research into the ‘Lushy’ Stepney Pickwick Club of the 1830s. Sadly the quality of the recording is poor, but it is now available on our website: www.dickensfellowship.org/index.php/ce...
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We enjoyed a fascinating talk by Professor Carolyn Oulton last night at Central DF, based on her research into the ‘Lushy’ Stepney Pickwick Club of the 1830s. Sadly the quality of the recording is poor, but it is now available on our website: www.dickensfellowship.org/index.php/ce...
Our speaker at The Charterhouse in London next Tuesday - 18 November - is Professor Carolyn Oulton of Canterbury Christ Church University. Do join us if you can; 6pm for 6:30pm start; entry via the Porters’ Lodge.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Our speaker at The Charterhouse in London next Tuesday - 18 November - is Professor Carolyn Oulton of Canterbury Christ Church University. Do join us if you can; 6pm for 6:30pm start; entry via the Porters’ Lodge.
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‘If you’re unhappy with Reform, this is a soothing balm’: Gurinder Chadha on her reboot of A Christmas Carol
She has directed cross-cultural versions of Pride and Prejudice and It’s a Wonderful Life. Now, the film-maker is reworking Dickens’s A Christmas Carol – with an Asian Scrooge
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November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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A treat for anyone able to get to Canterbury on 9 December … registration required, with payment in cash on the day
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A treat for anyone able to get to Canterbury on 9 December … registration required, with payment in cash on the day
DF discounts available for groups of 10 or more - contact the Box Office on 020 7287 2875 or at [email protected]
October 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
DF discounts available for groups of 10 or more - contact the Box Office on 020 7287 2875 or at [email protected]
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Here's a quick reminder of my Halloween double bill of THE SIGNAL-MAN and THE TRIAL FOR MURDER, which plays at London's Charles Dickens Museum from 31st October to 2nd November! Don't miss out!
October 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Here's a quick reminder of my Halloween double bill of THE SIGNAL-MAN and THE TRIAL FOR MURDER, which plays at London's Charles Dickens Museum from 31st October to 2nd November! Don't miss out!
October’s Central DF meeting gets underway, with speaker Dr Jeremy Parrott
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
October’s Central DF meeting gets underway, with speaker Dr Jeremy Parrott
RT from Ian Dickens, on X: ‘A Christmas Carol’ illustrator John Leech spent 3 months in Bonchurch in 1849. The pretty house he rented is now for sale at £825,000. In one of the bedrooms, Dickens successfully used his mesmerism skills after Leech suffered a head injury while swimming in rough seas.
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
RT from Ian Dickens, on X: ‘A Christmas Carol’ illustrator John Leech spent 3 months in Bonchurch in 1849. The pretty house he rented is now for sale at £825,000. In one of the bedrooms, Dickens successfully used his mesmerism skills after Leech suffered a head injury while swimming in rough seas.
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New on YouTube today: a wonderful new introduction and study guide to Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol', presented by Professor Malcolm Andrews. Watch, enjoy, like and subscribe!
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A Christmas Carol v3
YouTube video by DickensFellowship
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October 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Have you watched this yet? What did you think? Let us know in the comments here, and please Like and Subscribe on YouTube, if you can. Thank you.
The next Central DF meeting is at The Charterhouse in London at 6pm on Tuesday 28th October, when Dr Jeremy Parrott will talk on 'David Coppperfield Unbound in 10 objects' - based upon his recently published book.
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The next Central DF meeting is at The Charterhouse in London at 6pm on Tuesday 28th October, when Dr Jeremy Parrott will talk on 'David Coppperfield Unbound in 10 objects' - based upon his recently published book.
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Despite selling out our entire run in York, London sales for THE SIGNAL-MAN & THE TRIAL FOR MURDER are still a bit slow. We've got six showings between 31st October and 2nd November. A very classic Halloween treat, I'd argue - and in Charles Dickens's (probably definitely haunted) house!
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Despite selling out our entire run in York, London sales for THE SIGNAL-MAN & THE TRIAL FOR MURDER are still a bit slow. We've got six showings between 31st October and 2nd November. A very classic Halloween treat, I'd argue - and in Charles Dickens's (probably definitely haunted) house!
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#DickensClub - This is wonderful!
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Journeys of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins
YouTube video by Paul Lewis
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October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New on YouTube today: a wonderful new introduction and study guide to Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol', presented by Professor Malcolm Andrews. Watch, enjoy, like and subscribe!
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A Christmas Carol v3
YouTube video by DickensFellowship
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October 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
New on YouTube today: a wonderful new introduction and study guide to Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol', presented by Professor Malcolm Andrews. Watch, enjoy, like and subscribe!
youtu.be/UbJym4h-fz8?...
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No photos from this afternoon’s session as I was chairing (!), but it looks as if we’re about to hear a wonderful keynote lecture to round off Dickens Day 2025. Well done to all the speakers and organisers 👏👏👏
October 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
No photos from this afternoon’s session as I was chairing (!), but it looks as if we’re about to hear a wonderful keynote lecture to round off Dickens Day 2025. Well done to all the speakers and organisers 👏👏👏
A few snaps from a fascinating morning at Dickens Day 2025: ‘Dickens & Art’. Lots to digest along with lunch!
October 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A few snaps from a fascinating morning at Dickens Day 2025: ‘Dickens & Art’. Lots to digest along with lunch!
We’re on our way to Dickens Day 🎉
Awake and at the train station stupidly early? Ah, it must be Dickens Day. I'm off to London to hear a range of speakers talk all about "Dickens and Art". I'm especially looking forward to the coffee!
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a young boy is holding a bowl with a spoon in it in front of a group of children .
Alt: A scene from David Lean's Oliver Twist in which Oliver is holding a bowl with a spoon in it in front of a group of children. We're told he is asking for gruel, but oh what the young scamp wouldn't give for a cup of coffee
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October 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
We’re on our way to Dickens Day 🎉
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.
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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
September 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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
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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...
September 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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...
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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
September 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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
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Ah, yes. A wonderful little pub in The Bayle; one of Folkestone’s hidden historic gems 💎
Here’s another #Dickens landmark I didn’t know about @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social The British Lion in Folkestone has a Dickens Room where I was told he wrote ‘Little Dorrit’ while he was staying for the summer at Albion Villas.
September 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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
September 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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