Architecture The thing I love about Rome is that is has so many layers. In it, you can follow anything that interests you: town planning, architecture, churches or... Claire Tomalin 20
Birthday As he approached his 28th birthday in February 1840, Dickens knew himself to be famous, successful and tired. He needed a rest, and he made up his... Claire Tomalin 23
Christmas Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century. Claire Tomalin 23
Christmas 'A Christmas Carol' has been described as the most perfect of Dickens's works and as a quintessential heart-warming story, and it is certainly the... Claire Tomalin 31
