Last week I was lucky enough to visit the Tate Britain’s new exhibition. “The Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde”. The result was this video: http://www.artfund.org/what-to-see/exhibitions/2012/09/12/pre-raphaelites-victorian-avant-garde writing essay zp8497586rq
Another extract from the Warwick University Dickens project, me reading the 1857 preface to Little Dorrit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKohWpBrK8U
My very brief appearance on BBC London News talking about the Tate Britain’s new Pre-Raphaelite exhibition: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19561531
My interview with Zee News (I’m not entirely sure I like being described as “progeny”…): http://zeenews.india.com/news/exclusive/message-of-a-christmas-carol-was-gandhian_798166.html
Warwick University has worked on a new Dickens project, here is a video from my interview with them about Dickens as a husband and father (very very bad hair day – this should have been a radio interview!). http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/dickens/victorian/husband-and-father/
I was thrilled to find out about a new stage version of Great Expectations (stage play written by the very talented Jo Clifford). The play begins its UK tour on 12 September at Richmond Theatre in Surrey. It will be travelling around the UK visiting theatres in Woking, Malvern, Brighton, Birmingham, Darlington, Southampton, Aylesbury and … Read more
I had an amazing time at the Hay-on-Wye book festival. What a wonderful insitution it has become. Thanks to everyone who helped make my event such a success, I really do appreciate it.
Thanks very much to Steve Wright for mentioning my Charles Dickens book event at Hay-on-Wye lit fest on his Radio 2 afternoon show. You can listen again here (I get a name check about 12 minutes in): http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01hzkl7/Steve_Wright_in_the_Afternoon_with_Phil_Tufnell_John_Cooper_Clarke_and_Adrian_Evans/
On 15 May, I shall be giving a talk at SAF restaurant, upstairs at Wholefoods on High Street Kensington (London). The evening starts at 6.45pm. I’ll be talking about Charles Dickens and SAF will be serving delicious food. For more information or to buy tickets, email Francesca on: francesca@bboheme I hope to see you there.