Category: Hard Times

  • R.I.P., Timothy West

    The beloved British actor played John Dickens in the 2002 miniseries Dickens, Sir Leicester Dedlock in…

  • Thoughts on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Hard Times’

    Here's a direct link to the first episode of the BBC's new two-part radio drama of Hard…

  • New Dickensian dramas on BBC Radio 4

    On Sunday, September 29, BBC Radio 4 will begin airing a whole season of new Dickens…

  • New editions of interest

    Oxford University Press is releasing Dickens's works in a new scholarly edition. Sketches by Boz is…

  • ‘Estella Scrooge’ available online

    The Streaming Musicals website has a new Christmas Carol musical. I haven't taken a look myself yet,…

  • ‘A World Full of Dickens Stories’: A review

    By Tai French, guest blogger A World Full of Dickens Stories: 8 Best-Loved Classic Tales Retold…

  • News roundup

    Just wanted to share a few news items before beginning the book reviewing: The Dickens Museum…

  • Dickens and van Gogh

    Did you know that Dickens was Vincent van Gogh's favorite author? Tate Britain is getting the…

  • From the book pile

    A Christmas Corral, written and illustrated by Lucas T. Antoniak (CreateSpace/Amazon Digital Services, 2016). This picture book,…

  • Get ‘Hard Times’ in your inbox

    Sorry I'm a bit late with this, but the site Journal-Lists is offering a free e-mail…