A six-bedroom mansion in the upmarket London neighbourhood of Mayfair where exiled French emperor Napoleon III was entertained in the mid 19th century is up for sale. The grand five-storey Georgian ...

These masterpieces cemented Dickens's legacy as one of the greatest literary figures of all time. Dickens also worked as an editor and journalist. His articles often highlighted social injustices, ...

Smithfield means ‘smooth field’ and, though the Romans called it by a different name, they recognised that this green expanse was too useful to be covered in houses.

The title of this piece will tickle the memory of those familiar with the corpus of English Lit­erature who must of necessity remember the title of Charles Dickens’ 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities.