Happy Birthday Dickens!
Happy birthday to my great great great grandfather: Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812. Find out more in my book, which is available …
Learn to write in Tuscany – book now!
Places are now available for my Life Writing course in the beautiful Verrocchio Art Centre in Tuscany. The course runs from 25 June 2020 until …
Top Podcasts of 2019!
So pleased to see that my podcast “The Real Sherlock” made it into this article in Good Housekeeping Magazine: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a30194508/best-audible-podcasts/
The lost portrait of Charles Dickens
In the 1880s, not long before her death, Scottish artist Margaret Gillies was approached by the writer Frederick George Kitton, who wanted to know what …
Dickens & Christmas walking tour – book now!
On 17 December, I’ll be leading a walking tour in London about Dickens and Christmas. Tickets are available on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dickens-christmas-walking-tour-tickets-76803277671
Victorian Radicals in Texas
This week I was lucky enough to be invited to the San Antonio Museum of Art in Texas, which is currently hosting an exhibition entitled …
Dickens in Dallas
Thank you to SMU for inviting me to speak about The Extended Dickens Family at your beautiful university campus in Dallas, Texas.
Learn to write in Tuscany!
If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to write biography or your memoirs, you can book onto my one-week residential course at the beautiful Verrocchio …
Fabula Festival
On 10 October, I’ll be talking about my newly updated book Charles Dickens at Wanstead Library, as part of the Fabula Festival. Tickets are available …