Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo ... characters, and impact. Dickens and Hugo shared a deep concern for social injustice. Dickens’ novels, such as ‘Oliver Twist’ and ‘Hard Times’, exposed the cruelty ...

Newell is ten days into shooting the latest adaptation of Great Expectations, widely regarded as the most complex and magisterial of Charles Dickens ... me that he worked hard at capturing ...

The 77-year-old spoke of the 'thrill' of revisiting Charles Dickens' London home today ... Well, we will try very hard not to faint today.' Camilla took a seat to listen as she and Callow read ...

Camilla visited the writer’s only remaining London home. Queen Camilla signs the guest book during her visit to Charles Dickens House Museum in London to celebrate 100 years since the house was ...

The Queen took a shine to a diamond ring worn by Charles Dickens during his lifetime and quipped “I won’t nick it” after holding the jewellery. Camilla lightened the mood after being told ...

The animated film tells a story within a story: The life, death and resurrection of Christ is recounted with the storytelling prowess of Charles Dickens, who explains the Passion as a bedtime ...

IN my book "A Nation on Fire — The Unmaking of Joseph Ejercito Estrada and the Remaking of Democracy in the Philippines" (Icon Books, Manila, 2002), I discuss some of the nation's well-known problems ...

The disco queen was in the doldrums before she decided to take control of her life and career. Now, at 81, she’s reaping the rewards. By Steven Kurutz Reporting from Englewood Cliffs. N.J ...

A woman works at a sock weaving factory in Changhua County’s Shetou Township yesterday. The local industry is among a number of sectors bracing for the 32 percent US tariffs on Taiwanese goods, which ...

Most everyone needs a hiding place when circumstances appear to be spinning out of control. My hideaway was a small room above the milkhouse. The hiding place’s entrance was blocked for much of ...

MILAN - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni mourned Pope Francis on Monday as a friend who had given her comfort in tough times and done his duty to the end. "The Pope and I had a more active ...

SAN DIEGO, March 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ben Reinberg, a renowned investor, educator, podcaster, television host, and philanthropist with billions in assets, released his first book, "Hard Assets ...