Armando Iannucci on politics and satire - podcast
The creator of The Thick of It and Veep discusses why modern politics has moved beyond satire....
Armando Iannucci on politics and satire - podcast
The creator of The Thick of It and Veep discusses why modern politics has moved beyond satire....
Credit crunch histories: records of bankrupts in The National Archives
Bankruptcy proceedings have been taking place in England and Wales for over 400 years. In this...
Charles Dickens, Warren's Blacking and the Chancery Court
At the age of 12, the delicate and genteelly brought up Charles Dickens was plunged into...
Episode 42 – Christmas bonus – The goblins who stole a sexton by Charles Dickens
Season’s greetings listeners! We have a Christmas bonus episode for you here, an exclusive...
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This episode Mike & Will tackle ‘Moose’ by M.R. James. No wait, that’s not right. Ah yes, ‘Rats’...
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Episode 18 – An Episode of Cathedral History
Illustration by Alisdair Wood (woodnart.blogspot.com) This episode Will & Mike slip into their...
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Bishopsgate Institute Podcast: Dickens's Tales of the City
Bishopsgate Institute Podcast: Dickens's Tales of the City. Michael Slater in conversation with...
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The Guardian Dickens walk five: Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum
Follow a tour around the house where Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth 200 years agoJon...
Dickens audio tour: Heart of the City
Download the mp3 and map and follow a route around the City of London as it appeared to Charles...
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Dickens audio tour: David Copperfield
Follow a walking route around key sites from the London of David Copperfield, Charles Dickens's...
The Guardian Dickens audio tours: Rochester
Follow a walking route through Rochester, charting the course of Charles Dickens life, in the...
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The Guardian Dickens audio tours: Oliver Twist
Follow Oliver Twist's walking route from Angel Islington to the courthouse of Mr Fang in the...
Simon Callow reads 'The Christmas Tree' by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens celebrated Christmas throughout his writing life. His autobiographical story 'A...
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Simon Callow reads 'The Christmas Tree' by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens celebrated Christmas throughout his writing life. His autobiographical story ‘A...
'Tis the season… for science and reason! Well, that's what the Victorians thought at least. Elena...
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This last story from "The Pickwick Papers" finds Dickens in roister-doister form with a...
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The Grave Digger & The Goblin Queen
This is the third of our short-story adaptations from Charles Dickens' "The Pickwick Papers" and...
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Another short story from Charles Dickens' "The Pickwick Papers" and the only one in our series...
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"Tom Smart" is one of four short stories adapted from Charles Dickens' first major work "The...
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The London mayor – ok, the former London mayor – David P. rolls out one of the great London...
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