Malton Dickens festival – with Miriam Margolyes
I’m thrilled to be joining fellow Dickensians Miriam Margolyes (who needs no introduction!) and Professor Michael Slater at the new Dickens & Christmas festival in …
Princess Louise in America
My biography of the sculptor Princess Louise is being published in North America this December, by St Martin’s Press in New York City: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-250-05932-1 I …
March, Women, March at Conrad St James
Thank you to the staff of Conrad St James hotel in London for a perfect purple, white & green evening. I spoke about March, Women, …
The Victorian Treasury
My latest book The Victorian Treasury is coming out with Carlton Books on 8 October and is available now to pre-order: http://prionbooks.co.uk/books/products/a-victorian-treasury-out-08-slash-10-slash-2015
Lizzie Siddal talk in London
On 16 September I’m doing a talk on Lizzie Siddal, for the UK Friends of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, at the …
The mysterious tale of Charles Dickens’s raven
In 2012, the Tower of London welcomed two new inhabitants: a pair of ravens named Jubilee and Grip. Their arrival celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee …
Victoria and Albert: How a royal love changed culture
When Queen Victoria inherited the British throne just a few weeks after her 18th birthday, there was immediate speculation about who she would marry. Few …
Dickens at the Keats-Shelley House
On 28 April I will be talking about Charles Dickens’s travels in Italy at the Keats-Shelley House in Rome. Many people aren’t aware that Dickens …