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In the Footsteps of Little Nell

Ramblings by BBC

Jul 2, 202623:44Society & Culture

Clare joins Alistair MacNichol for part of his long‑distance walk from Holborn in London to Tong in Shropshire as he recreates the journey made by Little Nell and her grandfather from Charles Dickens’s novel The Old Curi...

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