After receiving an inheritance, John Dickens was released and Charles was sent to the private Wellington House Academy in North London. He was an average student and left at 15 to work in a ...

Before Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 1843, Christmas pudding was known only as plum pudding Charles Dickens was a serious foodie and his literature introduced a festive menu that has ...

Black-and-white photographs of Charles Dickens have been "colourised" using digital techniques to reveal a true likeness of the 19th Century novelist. The Charles Dickens Museum researched the ...