Author, art historian, broadcaster and President of the International Dickens Fellowship, Lucinda Hawksley will talk about her life and work in conversation with James Clarke, writer and lecturer. …
In this special event, Lucinda Hawksley will explore what was happening in Dickens’s life at the time of working on David Copperfield and the inspirations behind what is widely considered to be his most autobiographical novel. …
Charles Dickens was fascinated by tales from other countries and cultures and longed to see the world. Lucinda Hawksley looks at the journeys made by the Victorian author – who is also her great great great grandfather. …
Join authors Angela Buckley and Lucinda Hawksley for a special event looking at Victorian detective stories, from real-life mysteries to those created by Charles Dickens (Lucinda’s great great great grandfather). The talk will explore the legendary author’s fascination with detectives …
Recent Events
Join the English Department at the Dining Hall for an event in memory of Jackie Elmquist ’22. Renowned author Lucinda Hawksley will speak on Charles Dickens and travel, two of Jackie’s favorite topics, as all who knew her can confirm. …
An Afternoon of Readings and Discussion at St George the Martyr Church (the ‘Little Dorrit’ church) on Borough High Street, SE1 1JA — a fund-raising event in aid of the restoration of the church’s ‘Little Dorrit’ vestry. Further details to be announced. …
This month we’re reading a book requested by several Goldster members, the modern classic Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner. It was published in 1984, and won the Booker Prize in the same year. Two years later, it was made into a TV film, which some members may have watched? […] These Book Club events are not recorded, everyone is unmuted and everyone gets the chance to meet others in the Goldster community. …
On 18 February, Lucinda Hawksley will be joined on the Goldster Magazine Show by Mike and Andy from Three Dads Walking. They will be talking about how they, and their friend and the third Dad, Tim, have dedicated their time to raising suicide awareness across the country, one step at a time: “Suicide is the biggest killer of those under 35 in the UK. We only learned this terrifying fact because our daughters took their own lives. By raising awareness, we hope we can help prevent other families from being devastated by suicide.” …
Lucinda Hawksley talks to Andrew Dickens about the journeys made by her great great great grandfather in Europe, long before the arrival of high-speed rail, toured America (twice) and Canada and, before his untimely death, was planning a tour of Australia. …
For our final Book Club of 2024, falling appropriately on the last day of the year, we’ll be reading The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh. She is one of Britain’s leading emerging crime writers, whose books have sold more than 2 million copies around the world. We’ll be reading the first in Mackintosh’s latest series, featuring the Welsh detective Ffion Morgan. The Last Party was published in 2022 and went immediately into the bestseller lists. The series is currently being developed for TV. …
Join us and make your yuletide merry with mulled-wine, a mince pie and a talk by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, a descendant of Charles Dickens, as she reveals the fascinating tale of Christmas traditions during Queen Victoria’s reign. …
An Evening with Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
Every holiday season, Ford’s Theatre brings Charles Dickens’s beloved tale A Christmas Carol to life on stage. This season, join us for a special online discussion with Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, Dickens’s great-great-great-granddaughter and an accomplished author herself. …