Andy Burnham’s impassioned speech about water pollution harks back to a Victorian outrage.

France's national library is lending the manuscript recounting the history of the Aztecs to Mexico.

Visit Jane Austen's House - the Hampshire cottage at which Jane Austen lived and penned her novels, including the timeless Pride and Prejudice.

The museum wants to trace one of only two housecoats made by Preston-based Horrockses Fashions.

Their parents and early influences

Editorial: Thanks to new technology we are are acquiring insights into earlier times, and realising how little we truly know

A Victorian Woman with 21st-century attitudes

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Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi was just rushed to the hospital in critical condition after being beaten and neglected in prison for months. This must be more than a temporary measure --...

The Charles Dickens Museum offers a rotation of temporary exhibitions and event in addition to the opportunity to visit this historic literary home.

Travelling with Dickens

The Charles Dickens Museum offers a rotation of temporary exhibitions and event in addition to the opportunity to visit this historic literary home.

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

One of a series of free talks relating to our current exhibition; Extra/Ordinary Women on until 6 September 2026.

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Did you know that Charles Dickens was a regular visitor to Manchester? Or that he visited the Portico in 1844? Join Dickens' expert Lucinda Hawksley to find out more.

A Kabul-based legal adviser says it is now ‘impossible for women to get any justice’ in the Taliban-run courts. Arpan Rai reports

The Mystery of Princess Louise

A worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens