A history of crime (England) Part 1

While researching my history of law enforcement articles I realised I was more fascinated (as I'm sure many of us are) by crimes than by law enforcement, so I have decided to do a series featuring (in)famous crimes and criminals, some of which you may have heard of, and others you may not. The series will...

2nd challenge

After deciding to challenge myself to read The Telegraph's top 100 books of all time, I thought I would also challenge myself to read all of Charles Dickens' books. I've read some of these before, before now I'm going to read them all, and in order - it won't be easy and it won't be...

Oliver Twist – The Book

I'm not sure I really need to give a precis of Oliver Twist, I'd guess that nearly all of you already know what it's about, but I will for the sake of those few who don't. Oliver Twist Charles Dickens Oliver Twist is a young orphan, barely into double figures, who runs away after suffering...