The Art of Monarchy
Will Gompertz explores the long history of the Monarchy through the works of art they have acquired.
Will Gompertz explores the long history of the Monarchy through the works of art they have acquired.
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The first of five short plays to mark the bi-centenary of Charles Dickens's birth. The first play tells how the young Charles visited London as an eight-year old boy.
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Writer Michael Eaton - who is steeped in Dickens's work - decided to tell the story of the novelist's life through his essays on walking the streets of London. So we start with Dickens as a boy, getting lost on his very first visit to the city, and we finish with Dickens walking away from his final public reading at St James's Hall, Piccadilly....
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