A collection of key items from Dickens’ childhood are to go on display to mark the 200th anniversary of the writer’s introduction to the working world.

Items from Charles Dickens’ childhood to be displayed to mark 200-year milestone

The letters include details about his adventures abroad and his frustrations with the Sunday postal service.

Charles Dickens’ unseen letters to be published for the first time

Charles Dickens Museum Collection showing a colourised image of a 47-year-old Dickens with tanned skin and an ostentatious waistcoat, textured navy jacket and a bow tie, part of an exhibition featuring the only known remaining items of the writer???s clothing at The Charles Dickens Museum at Number 48 Doughty Street, which will reopen after months of closure after securing National Lottery funding. The museum is situated at what was once his London home.

The museum closed during the pandemic and now says it is only able to reopen after receiving £185,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Charles Dickens Museum to reopen with National Lottery funding

The ship on which Charles Darwin formed his theory of evolution was dismantled in Essex - according to new research. 

Charles Darwin's 'theory of evolution' ship dismantled in Essex, research found

The desk and chair where Charles Dickens sat to write his final novels have been bought for the nation using a national heritage grant.

Dickens' desk bought for the nation

The desk, where the author wrote Great Expectations and his last, unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will go on permanent display.

Charles Dickens' writing desk bought for the nation

Here's our guide to what to do on Boxing Day if you don't want to go sale shopping or be stuck in front of the TV.

What to do on Boxing Day in the capital

A new set of stamps is to be released today celebrating the life and work of one of the world's most famous novelists, Charles Dickens.

Charles Dickens

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