Charles Dickens: Fagin and His Detractors
On Friday 7th February, 2014 (his 202nd birthday) a long-overdue and much-anticipated statue of Charles Dickens was unveiled to the left of the town hall in Portsmouth’s Guildhall Square. Portsmouth, as most will be aware, is the birthplace of Charles Dickens and is now the only place in the U.K. where his statue is erected. However, it is disappointing that his statue is positioned at ground level and not placed upon a plinth – as…