Pause for thought: Charles Dickens

The joy of reading.

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Sing a song of sixpence

The British sixpence, also known as the tanner or sixpenny bit, used to jangle in pockets alongside half-crowns, shillings, threepenny bits, and old pennies – all long defunct.

Dickens at Pompeii

Pompeii: one of the ruins that Vesuvius knocked about a bit.

A hackneyed tale of hansom is as hansom does

The fuss over Uber, the cab company booked and paid for using digital technology, is only the latest in a centuries old practice.

In memoriam Alan Scrivener (1934-2014): Keeping past memories warm

What makes a great teacher? Everyone has their own idea, but surely a passion for life, independence of thought, and doubtless an inability to suffer fools gladly.

“The New Year”

Charles Dickens famously wrote about Christmas in several stories and magazine articles. He seems to have overlooked the New Year except in an early piece in which he is nostalgic at the passing of friendship, goodwill, and time itself.