Hudson, Ohio
Thank you to everyone at the Hudson Library and Historical Centre for a great evening on Tuesday – and thanks as well to the Learned Owl bookshop, for supporting the event and selling books.
Listed Londoner on the Robert Elms Show (BBC London)
I was thrilled to be invited onto the Robert Elms Show on BBC London radio as a Listed Londoner, the interview is online here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03lslkh
BBC Berkshire
Today I was interviewed by the lovely Lynn Parsons for BBC Berkshire, about my latest book, Charles Dickens and his Circle (my segment starts at 2.08). http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03lx806
A Room With A View by EM Forster, book of a lifetime: ‘The literary equivalent of hot buttery mashed potato’
On my first visit to Italy I was 13. It was on a Schools Abroad trip, on which we spent a night in the port of Brindisi, where I and my fellow schoolmates were sexually harassed by scary sailors, made sick by the stink of diesel and where nothing could have been further from the … Read more
A talk in aid of Maggie’s Cancer Centres
On Weds 21 March, I’ll be giving a talk on “Strong Women” (inspired by the research for my book March, Women, March) at the Maggie’s Cancer Centre at Charing Cross Hospital, London W6. Tickets and more information on how you can support Maggie’s can be found here: https://www.maggiescentres.org/how-you-can-help/take-part/all-events/celebration-women-support-maggies/ All proceeds from the evening are going … Read more
Glad to be Grey (BBC Radio 4)
At 11am on 4 March 2016, I’ll be one of Mary Beard’s interviewees in the documentary “Glad to be Grey”, on BBC Radio 4. http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/d2cffg/glad-to-be-grey I was interviewed about the history of Victorian beard dyeing, as the author of the book Moustaches, Whiskers & Beards rather than as a pogonophobe…. http://www.npg.org.uk/business/publications/moustacheswhiskers-beards.php
Walking With Dickens
To celebrate the launch of my new book, Charles Dickens and his Circle, I shall be leading a guided walk around Dickens’s London, starting at 2pm on Weds 16 March, at Chancery Lane station. Tickets are available to buy in advance (please follow the link below), or feel free to email me ([email protected]) and reserve … Read more
Dickens Museum Special Event 16 March
On the evening of Weds 16 March, I’ll be talking about my new book, Charles Dickens and his Circle, at the Charles Dickens Museum, 48 Doughty Street, London. Tickets are now on sale (& must be booked in advance). http://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-events/89994054-an-exclusive-evening-with-lucinda-dickens-hawksley Attendees will also have the exclusive chance to see around the museum at night.
Book Launch at National Portrait Gallery
On the evening of Thurs 10 March, I’ll be launching my new book, Charles Dickens and his Circle, with a lecture and book signing at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Tickets must be booked in advance. http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/late-shift-1/lecture-10032016.php