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The Irish author on Enid Blyton at bedtimes, discovering Dickens, and the brilliance of Edna O’Brien

"I doubt the show’s themes of feminine survival would have stood out to me as much had Trump lost"

These brilliant closing lines will stay with you long after you put the book down

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in shocking numbers. Could the child mortality rate go back?

Editorial: Retellings of novels like Huckleberry Finn and David Copperfield help to keep the canon alive

The traditional songs of worship were part of the Victorian Christmas which featured in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Items in special exhibition displayed for first time include copy of David Copperfield taken by Scott to Antarctica

From Willoughby Chase to Black Hearts in Battersea, Joan Aiken’s tales of plucky orphans surviving in industrial Britain are a keystone of children’s literature

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in 1843 – the same year as the first Christmas card. Over the course of the 19th century, his depictions of the Christmas turkey and charitable spirit were reprinted thousands of times in Britain and America, cementing the fascination with and commodification…

Whether it’s ‘The Snowman’, ‘Die Hard’ or ‘Home Alone’, you can stream them all

Experience the enchanting Dickens Festival in Deventer, where 19th-century England comes to life with elaborate costumes and immersive historical settings.