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The lost portrait of Charles Dickens
Manage episode 282557428 series 2858155
In the first episode presenter Ben Miller learns more about the mysterious rediscovery of a ‘lost’ portrait of Charles Dickens. Painted by Margret Gillies, the portrait has at last found a home in the Charles Dickens Museum in London, but its journey wouldn’t be out of place in one of its subject’s novels. Lucinda Hawksley, Dickens’ great-great-great-granddaughter, sheds more light on her famous relation, plus Ben also gets to hear from writer Monica Ali and Big Issue founder John Bird, who both took inspiration from Dickens’ writing and social reform agenda.
You can see the lost portrait of Charles Dickens by visiting https://www.artfund.org/artandstuff
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Manage episode 282557428 series 2858155
In the first episode presenter Ben Miller learns more about the mysterious rediscovery of a ‘lost’ portrait of Charles Dickens. Painted by Margret Gillies, the portrait has at last found a home in the Charles Dickens Museum in London, but its journey wouldn’t be out of place in one of its subject’s novels. Lucinda Hawksley, Dickens’ great-great-great-granddaughter, sheds more light on her famous relation, plus Ben also gets to hear from writer Monica Ali and Big Issue founder John Bird, who both took inspiration from Dickens’ writing and social reform agenda.
You can see the lost portrait of Charles Dickens by visiting https://www.artfund.org/artandstuff
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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