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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · 8d

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

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · 9d

6pm for 6:30pm

The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · 9d

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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Pete Orford @peteorford.bsky.social · 22d

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...

Front view of the Crystal Palace exterior rendered in Lego complete with megalosaurus and horsedrawn omnibus

Interior view of Lego Crystal Palace showing various details of the exhibition

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Cathy Waters @catherinefaver.bsky.social · 27d

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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Cathy Waters @catherinefaver.bsky.social · 28d

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

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · 28d

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

Cathy Waters @catherinefaver.bsky.social · 28d

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.

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Aug 31

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 🎉

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Lucinda Hawksley @lucindahawksley.bsky.social · Aug 28

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...

Dickens walking tour - from Bloomsbury to Marylebone

Join Charles Dickens's great great great granddaughter on a walk around literary London

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Aug 25

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

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Steven J. Venturino @sjventurino.bsky.social · Aug 23

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-...

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Aug 23

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

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Jul 30

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

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Jul 25

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.

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thank you Ayesha. It’s good to have you back 🥳

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Jul 14

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

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Gad’s Hill Place @gadshillplace.bsky.social · Jul 6

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

Gad's Hill Place | Charles Dickens House | Gravesend Road, Higham, Rochester, UK

Gad's Hill Place - the home of Charles Dickens - is open to the public one weekend each month between April and October. Booking is essential.

www.gadshillplace.co.uk

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Jul 6

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'.

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Jul 5

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

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Jun 24

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

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Jun 21

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.'

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Lucinda Hawksley @lucindahawksley.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

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The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Jun 15

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

Fellowship Conference 2025, July 14-16 PROGRAMME AVAILABLE

A worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens

www.dickensfellowship.org

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