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Hard Times: lessons from Dickens for 21st century London
Charles Dickens was born 200 years ago. His books and articles were often firmly based in south London (as David Perdue’s excellent Dickens blog demonstrates) and ANDY FORD says that Dickens, “the champion of the oppressed”, also exposed the rotten … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Charity, Cinema, Education, History, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Schools, Theatre
Tagged Charles Dickens, Christmas Carol, Dickens, Dombey And Son, London, Martin Chuzzlewit, Oliver Twist, Scrooge
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