Tag: charles dickens
9 days ago
scotsman.com

Inside Scotland's main line railway signal boxes still using Victorian-era technology

Network Rail needs historic equipment for spares when signal boxes close so it can’t go to museums

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3 months ago
scotsman.com

Edinburgh Apex Hotel’s forgotten history as railway nerve centre commemorated

Key transport role of Waterloo Place building added following its link to Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh

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4 months ago
nationalworld.com

The Artful Dodger ending explained: what happened to Jack Dawkins, Lady Belle, and Fagin in seaso...

Disney+ Oliver Twist sequel The Artful Dodger sees Jack Dawkins attempt to save Lady Belle’s life in season finale

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4 months ago
nationalworld.com

The Artful Dodger: where to watch Oliver Twist sequel in UK, cast with Thomas Brodie-Sangster, re...

The Artful Dodger, starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster and David Thewlis gets UK release this week

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6 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol get the jukebox musical treatment from ​​Fareham Music...

​​As Christmas has started to arrive in the shops and in our minds Fareham Musical Society are presenting a new music...

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6 months ago
nationalworld.com

White Christmas: where did the term originate, how is it used and what defines one?

The term white Christmas has British origins

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about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Nick Knowles blasts BBC show for screening explicit spanking scene

BBC drama series Great Expectations has been dividing viewer opinion - with Nick Knowles making his thoughts on the m...

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almost 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Charity shop customer hands in first edition of 'A Christmas Carol' in 'donation of a lifetime'

The store manager of Oxfam Books and Music in Stirling said his 'heart skipped a beat' when he came across the book

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over 2 years ago
nypost.com

Neo-Nazi terror offender ordered to read Jane Austen as punishment

Ben John, 22, had been sentenced to the equivalent of a freshman reading list after he was found with nearly 68,000 d...

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over 3 years ago
nypost.com

First-known Christmas card was slammed for depicting boozing kids

Drunk children remain one of history’s funniest tropes.

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