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Lucinda Hawksley
@lucindahawksley
Author, broadcaster, lecturer, traveller. Art, literature & Charles #Dickens expert (descendant). Contact me to book talks/tours. #RLF RSA Fellow #writer
Feb 7, 2019 • 12 tweets • 18 min read
I keep being asked what #Dickens would have made of #Brexit. Charles & Catherine Dickens took their family to live in #Genoa, #Italy for a year (in 1844-1845) – something Brits will no longer be able to do after 29 March. #travel Before moving to #Italy, Charles #Dickens employed Antonio Gallenga, a political #refugee from #Parma who had migrated to #London, to teach him Italian. In #Brexit Britain, Gallenga would no longer be allowed to work legally.