As well as founding England's first million-selling newspaper, Lloyd shamelessly sold plagiarised versions of some of Charles Dickens' best-loved novels.
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John Sullivan, who created Del Boy and Rodney, has been called a modern Dickens – now both their most famous works have been made into musicals.
If it hadn't been for A Christmas Carol, the menu may well have centred on goose (or a boar's head).
There are strong parallels between the Trump administration’s policy on immigrant families and the 19th century's 'New' Poor Laws of England, whose cruelty was illuminated by writer Charles Dickens.
Charles Dickens imagined a robot theme park way back in 1838.
The Victorian idea of Christmas pre-dates Dickens. What the writer did was bring an essentially rural celebration into an urban setting.
From outright celebration, through charity to explicit political salvos – is there such a thing as the 'ultimate' Christmas pop song?
Leigh Hunt is a nineteenth-century writer who grappled with the question: How can we celebrate and enjoy ourselves at this time of the year when there is so much misery in the world?
The artist who illustrated A Christmas Carol was one of the best-known satirists of his time.
A 1981 odd and eerie protest song, 'Ghost Town', still resonates today. It remains a cry out against injustice, against closed off opportunities by those who have pulled the ladder up.
When writing A Christmas Carol, did Charles Dickens get his inspiration for Scrooge, Marley's ghost and Tiny Tim from the Bible?
Bob Dylan is now a literary celebrity. And next week, the Booker Prize judges will anoint another. The tag is still chiefly attached to men but women authors shouldn't despair: fame and good writing can be uneasy bedfellows.
Dicken's great anti-hero has monopolised festive literature for too long. Here are the alternative takes on the season of goodwill that you have been missing.
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Scholar in Media and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century English Literature, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Professor of Victorian Literature, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise, Keele University
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Reader in Music and Media, University of Gloucestershire
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Professor of Modern British History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of English Language and Literature, Queen's University, Ontario
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Affiliate Professor, Theological Studies, Loyola College for Diversity & Sustainability; Teaching Affiliate, University of Nottingham UK, Concordia University
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PhD Researcher in Newspaper and Magazine Cartoons & Professional Cartoonist., University of Sheffield
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Narrative and Play, University of Dundee
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Associate Professor of English, Trinity College
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Senior Lecturer in English (Specialism: Renaissance Scholar), Loughborough University
