Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire! 🔥

Dominic is joined by the celebrated Austen biographer Dr. Helena Kelly -  author of Jane Austen, The Secret Radical Helena has completed a new, soon to be published,  biography on Dickens and gives an exclusive interview about it here!Support the showIf you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrardThank you so much!Host: Dominic GerrardSeries Artwork: Léna GibertOriginal Music: Dominic GerrardThank you for listening!

To mark Charles Dickens' 210th Birthday, Dominic reads the opening chapter of David Copperfield ...If you wish to make a small donation to this series - all coffees are hugely appreciated! Link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrard/c/2529502?uid=1728604Support the showIf you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrardThank you so much!Host: Dominic GerrardSeries Artwork: Léna GibertOriginal Music: Dominic GerrardThank you for listening!

Dominic is joined by Dickens' Great-Great Grandson, Gerald Dickens. They talk in detail about the Staplehurst Rail Crash of 1865 and Gerald's new book on the tragedy Dickens and Staplehurst  … How the trauma of this experience effected Dickens and led him to write The Signalman … They also explore Gerald's career as a celebrated performer of Dickens' worksIf you'd like to support this podcast series please feel free to make a donation here:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrard/c/2529502?uid=1728604Support the showIf you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrardThank you so much!Host: Dominic GerrardSeries Artwork: Léna GibertOriginal Music: Dominic GerrardThank you for listening!

Dominic is joined by the celebrated writer, broadcaster, journalist and literary critic: Professor John Mullan. They have a lively discussion on Great Expectations with a particular emphasis on some of the 'forgotten' characters - such as Biddy.John's celebrated book The Artful Dickens is a must read for anyone wanting to deepen their appreciation of Dickens' genius and influence on contemporary fictionIf you'd like to support this podcast series please feel free to make a donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrardSupport the showIf you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrardThank you so much!Host: Dominic GerrardSeries Artwork: Léna GibertOriginal Music: Dominic GerrardThank you for listening!

It's Christmas Eve ... and Dominic's special guest is the brilliant actress, comedian and satirist, Rosie Holt and host of the NonCensored Podcast. This week, they have both re-read A Christmas Carol and are set to talk through what they found in each of the Staves. They also get massively sidetracked and talk about It’s A Wonderful Life, Scrooged and The Muppets …MERRY CHRISTMAS!Support the showIf you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrardThank you so much!Host: Dominic GerrardSeries Artwork: Léna GibertOriginal Music: Dominic GerrardThank you for listening!

In this episode Dominic is joined by the inimitable Miriam Margolyes. With a career spanning six decades, this celebrated actress has been a life-long fan of Dickens throughout. Now in her 80th year she has recently published her autobiography This Much is True  ...  A candid, unflinching, and hugely entertaining story of her life and career. In this course of this interview, Miriam talks in great detail about her one woman show Dickens and Women and gives an exciting announcement about its future prospects. And as it's Christmas ... the talk naturally turns to A Christmas Carol also!Support the showIf you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrardThank you so much!Host: Dominic GerrardSeries Artwork: Léna GibertOriginal Music: Dominic GerrardThank you for listening!

In this Christmas episode Dominic is joined by the Tony Award winning director Tim Carroll. They share their love for Dickens and discuss the process of creating two very different stage adaptations of  A Christmas Carol. One a large ensemble production at The Shaw Festival Theatre, Ontario; the other a solo performance that has just been filmed inside the Charles Dickens Museum, London.This broadcast of this episode also marks the 178th Anniversary of the publication of Dickens' 'ghostly little book'.Support the showIf you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrardThank you so much!Host: Dominic GerrardSeries Artwork: Léna GibertOriginal Music: Dominic GerrardThank you for listening!

In this first episode,  Dominic is joined by Dickens' Great-Great-Great Granddaughter, the Writer and Broadcaster,  Lucinda Hawksley.  On a cold December morning they talk through Lucinda's book Dickens and Christmas , which has just been published in paperback by Pen & Sword Books. It follows the story of Dickens' earliest Christmas as an infant, through to the five great festive novellas he wrote during the 1840s.From A Christmas Carol to the Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain ...Lucinda's also shares her earliest memories of knowing who Dickens was and what she really thinks about each of the five Christmas books!Support the showIf you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrardThank you so much!Host: Dominic GerrardSeries Artwork: Léna GibertOriginal Music: Dominic GerrardThank you for listening!