General interest

The Charles Dickens Museum is staging a virtual event this Sunday. ‘Ghosts & Murder: Haunting Tales by Charles Dickens.’ This wonderful performance has been filmed here in the museum, and features Dominic Gerrard performing the murder of Nancy by Bill Sikes, ‘The Signalman’ and ‘The Ghost in the Brides Chamber.’ You can see a video advert and some web content for the event here.

Congratulations to DF member Dr Nicholas Cambridge whose new book on the medical history of Dickens and his family is set to be published by Edward Everett Root Scholarly Publishers in May 2022.  Nick has agreed to give a talk to Central DF members in London on 22^nd November outlining the fruits of his researches.