A Christmas Carol

Misha Glenny and guests discuss one of the great writers on Central Europe after the first world war and on the dying of the old orders with the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire. As a German speaking Jew from Brody in the north-eastern edge of that Empire, which was then i ...  Show more

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the work of Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972), the graphic artist and printmaker best known for his impossible buildings, paradoxical perspectives, and repeating geometric patterns. Born in Leeuwarden and trained as a printmaker, Escher visited t ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Dickens' novella, written in 1843 when he was 31, which has become intertwined with his reputation and with Christmas itself. Ebenezer Scrooge is the miserly everyman figure whose joyless obsession with money severs him from society and his ...  Show more

Scrooge, an elderly miser, is visited by the ghost of his former business partner and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. As a result of their visits, Scrooge is forced to rethink his life and is transformed into a kinder, better man. This tale was first publ ...  Show more

Nearly two centuries ago, Charles Dickens wrote a tale of greed and redemption. It starts with a miserly old man, his long-dead business partner, and the sound of rattling chains… When Ebenezer Scrooge is forced to reckon with his past, he’s in for a frightful night of ghostly vi ...  Show more

A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843, telling the fictitious story of a greedy London businessman named Ebenezer Scrooge. Join in this delightful Abide sleep story about redemption.

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