Exploring the mysteries of Charles Dickens's undeciphered shorthand writing. An AHRC-funded project hosted by @uniofleicester and @unifg.
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3 Apr 2025
Check out our latest challenge!🔍
The #Dickens decoders have been asked to consult on Gurney #shorthand linked to a C19 Canadian murder case!
Help us crack the code and be in with a chance of winning a 1-year membership for @DickensMuseum!
Take part👇
dickenscode.org/price-challe…
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19 Jul 2024
It was great to be part of #DickensSociety2024 - thank you to everyone who gave decoding a go!
You can take part in decoding challenges here👇
dickenscode.org/
And check out our online exhibition on Dickens and shorthand here👇
dickenscode.omeka.net/
15 Jul 2024
Dr Claire Wood introduces the @dickens_code project before taking participants through a practical decoding session. Things get much trickier when tackling a Dickens manuscript... #DickensSociety2024
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2 Jul 2024
📢Coming up tomorrow at 2 pm!
Find out more and register here👇
dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-…
18 Jun 2024
Join us for 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries' - a virtual talk taking place 3 July at 2pm (UK time), hosted by the wonderful @DickensMuseum
Find out more and register here 👇
dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-…
ALT A photo of Dickens superimposed over 10 lines of shorthand characters. Text reads: Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries, A Virtual Talk
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3 Jul 2024
Thanks so much to everyone who joined us today for a selection of Dickens's shorthand mysteries! 🔍 Huge thanks too, to the brilliant @DickensMuseum for hosting 👏
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20 Jun 2024
Less than two weeks to go before the next @dickens_code talk! If you haven't seen it already, check out their online exhibition ➡️ le.ac.uk/dickens-code-exhibi…
18 Jun 2024
Join us for 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries' - a virtual talk taking place 3 July at 2pm (UK time), hosted by the wonderful @DickensMuseum
Find out more and register here 👇
dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-…
ALT A photo of Dickens superimposed over 10 lines of shorthand characters. Text reads: Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries, A Virtual Talk
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19 Jun 2024
We're still accepting proposals for Dickens and the Gothic this October! Come and join us for a spooky day in London (please bring own sheets and chains as these are not provided). You can send your proposal to us at dickensdayuk@gmail.com
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18 Jun 2024
Join us for 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries' - a virtual talk taking place 3 July at 2pm (UK time), hosted by the wonderful @DickensMuseum
Find out more and register here 👇
dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-…
ALT A photo of Dickens superimposed over 10 lines of shorthand characters. Text reads: Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries, A Virtual Talk
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15 May 2024
This one's not about the #DickensCode, but definitely worth celebrating... 🎉
@EdinburghUP Companion to Charles #Dickens and the Arts has just been published!📖
Find out more 👇edinburghuniversitypress.com…
Huge thanks to our contributors and my brilliant co-editor @ProfJVJohn 👏
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15 May 2024
P.S. At the moment you can enjoy 30% off with a launch discount using code NEW30 on EUP's website
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2 Jan 2024
Complete one of your New Year's resolutions by submitting your abstract for the 2024 symposium! 😁
Deadline: 15 January
13 Oct 2023
We are happy to announce that abstract submission for the 15-18 July 2024 symposium '#Dickens, Context, and Co-occurrence' to be held at @unibirmingham, Birmingham, UK 🇬🇧 is now open!
👉Submission Deadline: 15 January
👉Submission Information: dickenssociety.org/home.
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20 Dec 2023
My guest blog post on the use of forensic authorship analysis for the Dickens Code Project
@dickens_code
Who wrote the Dickens Code stories? A forensic investigation dickenscode.org/who-wrote-th…
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2 Nov 2023
How can you support the 'Decoding Dickens' exhibition? Send in your feedback! This will help to shape the development of the project in the future and show our funders, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UKRI), the impact that the project had
Visit: leicester.onlinesurveys.ac.u…
ALT Left: shorthand excerpt Right: drawing of Charles Dickens
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30 Oct 2023
👉 Explore Dickens's career in #shorthand
🧐 Examine rare #manuscripts
📖 Read the transcripts that helped crack the #DickensCode
🎧Listen to @dominicgerrard bring the novels and shorthand of Dickens to life!
🏠All from the comfort of your own home
Visit: dickenscode.omeka.net
ALT Promotional tile featuring a daguerreotype of Dickens, courtesy of the Charles Dickens Museum, and the text: The Dickens Code: Online Exhibition. 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries'. Visit: dickenscode.omeka.net
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25 Oct 2023
📢New blog: #Teeline #shorthand teacher and Dickens Decoder @FrancesTew tells us what modern shorthand is all about
Find out more 👇
dickenscode.org/shorthand-to…
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13 Oct 2023
We are happy to announce that abstract submission for the 15-18 July 2024 symposium '#Dickens, Context, and Co-occurrence' to be held at @unibirmingham, Birmingham, UK 🇬🇧 is now open!
👉Submission Deadline: 15 January
👉Submission Information: dickenssociety.org/home.
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13 Oct 2023
So much fun sharing our new online exhibition, 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries' with @DickensFire! Thanks for having us 😊
Check out the exhibition here 👇
dickenscode.omeka.net/
13 Oct 2023
✨TODAY’S EPISODE✨
The fantastic @dickens_code team Dr. Claire Wood & Prof. Hugo Bowles return to launch their online exhibition DECODING DICKENS: THE SHORTHAND MYSTERIES …
Listen here on all platforms: buzzsprout.com/1897197/13730…
Can YOU solve remaining mysteries?
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29 Sep 2023
A #DickensCode poster was spotted in the wild! (Attenborough Tower lift - for those in the know) watch this space for more on #DecodingDickens
ALT Photo of info poster with side portrait of Charles Dickens with Visit: dickenscode.omeka.net
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26 Sep 2023
Announcing: 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries'
👉Explore #shorthand in CD's life & work
👉Examine little-known #manuscripts
📖Read transcripts created by the Dickens Decoders
🎧Listen to readings that bring CD’s shorthand vividly to life!
Visit: dickenscode.omeka.net/
ALT Promotional tile featuring a daguerreotype of Dickens, courtesy of the Charles Dickens Museum, and the text: The Dickens Code: Online Exhibition. 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries'. Visit: dickenscode.omeka.net
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26 Sep 2023
Huge thanks to everyone involved! We're so pleased to be able to share this 'savage stenographic mystery' - do help us spread the word! 🔍
#DecodingDickens #CracktheCode #DickensCode #Dickens #shorthand
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27 Sep 2023
A huge privilege and pleasure to have been involved (ever so slightly) in the award-winning @dickens_code @ahrcpress project. Explore this new online exhibition, dickenscode.omeka.net, which features the #Dickens #shorthand notebook @TheJohnRylands.
ALT Charles Dickens autograph shorthand notebook, Rylands English MS 725
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