please empty your brain below
One of the best London blogs pays tribute to one of the greatest London writers.
A very moving post.

O'Nail | 07.02.12 - 1:38 a.m. | #

Just checking back for the mystery count. Still 0. As my ties to London fade so does my interest in some of the London stuff DG researches. But I shall remain a loyal reader until
1. mystery count <>0
2. the jam jar is unveiled
3. DG blogs about kittens

Oh and yay Charles Dickens

wilees | 07.02.12 - 5:04 a.m. | #

You said "Entrance to the museum is via the steps down to the basement, so don't try entering through the front door, you'll only look stupid."

Is this your way of telling us you tried entering through the front door?

Barry | 07.02.12 - 7:42 a.m. | #

Thank goodness you didn't write this post in the style of Dickens. "I walked down the area steps by placing one foot on the lower step then the other foot on the step below. I repeated this procedure until I had completed my descent and was met with a neat, white painted portal to what had previously been the kitchen regions of the dwelling house where the staff of the museum awaited to bid me welcome." Etc,etc.

Richard | Homepage | 07.02.12 - 8:17 a.m. | #

"One of the best London blogs pays tribute to one of the greatest London writers" Seconded. But in contrast to Dickens, who wrote for a living, Diamond, as far as I know, writes purely for his own pleasure and that of his readers. Many thanks an dmuch admiration.

Malcolm | 07.02.12 - 10:06 a.m. | #

My opinions of Dickens coincide almost precisely with those Richard holds. Then again, I was force-fed him in GCSE English class, which is perhaps the surest way mankind has yet devised for instilling a visceral, deep-seated loathing of any given author, regardless of merit.

swirlythingy | Homepage | 07.02.12 - 3:44 p.m. | #

Typically I'm making my return to the capital precisely in time to miss most of the amazing things going on this year! *sigh*
At least I can read about what I'll miss here instead!

CornishCockney | 07.02.12 - 6:00 p.m. | #

Re swirlythingy’s hatred of Dickens: I felt exactly the same about Thomas Hardy, for the same reason. Twenty-odd years after leaving school I walked into my local library and there was a display of his novels – Aarrgghh! Thomas Hardy! Hate, hate, hate!
Then I pulled myself together and borrowed The Mayor of Casterbridge (top of my hate list) and found it enthralling. Read it in two days and went back for more.

Great Aunt Annie | 07.02.12 - 8:41 p.m. | #

Thanks for your very interesting and original blog about London and environs!

If you Google "Charles Dickens Bayham Street" - Images - you can see the house he lived in (Camden Town) in 1823, I think when he was working at the blacking factory. It was knocked down in 1916 but there are similar houses still there. Of course the street was quite suburban then, and he described it as moribund - just two or three horses and carts going down a day. Before the house was knocked down someone took a photo of the attic where he lived, but I couldn't find a picture of it. The house must have been fairly new when he lived there - built c. 1780? But of course houses got sooty very quickly then so must have looked quite aged after a few years!



Vivien | 07.02.12 - 10:04 p.m. | #

Generally, I look for retellings of Dickens' stories. The stories and characters themselves are excellent, but all things written at the time - and, in particular, episodic stories paid by the word - are a bit excruciating to get through.

Chz | 08.02.12 - 7:35 a.m. | #

Generally, I look for retellings of Dickens' stories. The stories and characters themselves are excellent, but all things written at the time - and, in particular, episodic stories paid by the word - are a bit excruciating to get through.

Chz | 08.02.12 - 8:05 a.m. | #











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