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Little Nell and Granddad

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Two of Charles Dickens characters from The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-1). Oscar Wilde's response? "It would require a heart of stone not to laugh at the death of Little Nell".

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Little Nell and Granddad

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Charles Dickens relief

The characters represented in the mural are, left to right, top line: Scrooge...

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Kaled

Kaled

Also known as "Lara's page", from Byron's poem: Lara. Precis of the poem: Lara is a lord with a page Kaled who, it turns out, is a woman in disguise. On Lara's death Kaled dies from grief. This po...

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1 memorial
The Mousetrap

The Mousetrap

The world's longest running play - still going in 2013.  Written by Agatha Christie who gave the rights to her grandson.  We've heard the butler did it.

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2 memorials
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Television programme broadcast by BBC One since 1963. It was originally intended to be an educational programme using time travel as a means to explore scientific ideas and famous moments in histor...

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7 memorials
Dombey and son

Dombey and son

Two of Charles Dickens characters from Dombey and Son (1848).

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial
Miss Marple

Miss Marple

Miss Jane Marple, village spinster detective, created by Agatha Christie.  Played by many actors, including: Gracie Fields, Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury and Joan Hickson.

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial