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What Walls Hold

The Radio 3 Documentary by BBC

Dec 25, 202243:19Society & Culture

London. Tavistock House. 1851. It shaped Charles Dickens’ life and career. Home to The Smallest Theatre in the World, Mrs Weldon’s Orphanage and an alluring French lodger called Charles Gounod, Tavistock House is reputab...

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What Walls Hold is an episode from The Radio 3 Documentary by BBC. London. Tavistock House. 1851. It shaped Charles Dickens’ life and career. Home to The Smallest Theatre in the World, Mrs Weldon’s Orphanage and an alluring French lodger ca...

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Published Dec 25, 2022, 43:19 long, audio available.

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