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Rivals star David Tennant says leading actor Bafta nomination was a ‘real shock’

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Prop gravestone of Dickens’ character Scrooge destroyed weeks before Christmas

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Dirty Old Town re-recorded with orchestral accompaniment

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Great Expectations: the best (and worst) screen adaptations

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Historic gas lamps in Covent Garden granted listed status

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Shane MacGowan ‘lit a fire that burns in Ireland and across the world’

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Shane MacGowan described as poet and trailblazer at his funeral

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The best Christmas shows to book now from Dickens to Elf

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Hotel which hosted British stars and inspired Dickens’ first novel named at risk

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American reworking of Dickens classic wins world’s oldest literary prize

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Kate O’Flynn on All of It & working with Danny Dyer in Henpocalypse!

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Great Expectations at the Garrick: Izzard’s Dickens is not so great

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Great Expectations on BBC One review: irredeemably awful

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Putin ‘wants to make our flesh creep’ but will not use nuclear weapons – Johnson

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A Christmas Carol at Middle Temple Hall: resistance is useless

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Christmas Carole on Sky review: this contemporary retread lacks spirit

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Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol review: glee and gusto

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Organisation which records thoughts of British public receives blue plaque

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Charles and Camilla to read Dickens’ Christmas classic on social media

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The best Christmas shows to see in London
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AO World and Pets at Home show we’re in for a K-shaped Christmas

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Cultural Capital ep 12: watch our show on the best of London’s culture
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Southwark, SE1: homes beyond the waterfront
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