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The actor will play the part in the stage production at Alexandra Palace this winter

Inspired by an extraordinary court case, and featuring a real-life Victorian novelist, Smith’s funny, almost flawless new novel examines identity, the notion of truth and 19th-century England and Jamaica in flux

Charles Dickens’ fans will be able to see relics from his harsh childhood in an exhibition marking 200 years since he was put to work aged 11.

Dickens was taken out of school aged 11 to work in a London blacking factory as his father sank into debt

Dickens was just 11-years-old when he was forced to leave school in the autumn of 1823

Dickens was just 11-years-old when he was forced to leave school in the autumn of 1823.

ZADIE Smith has never set much store by consistency. “Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don’t, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work,” she once told this newspaper. “It’s not consistent. I am…

I’ve long dreamed of visiting these Italian islands. But who needs sea views and olive groves when you’ve got traffic-filled expressways and the Fairmount Water Works?

It might be an old favourite, says Josh Barrie, but this pub needs to work on its service

It's remarkably similar to Gonzo's outfit in The Muppet Christmas Carol... remarkably

I can't unsee the similarities after an internet user called out Timothée Chalamet for looking like a Muppet Christmas Carol character.