Welcome to the A to Z of Gerard Woodward. Well, we've picked out some letters first and then we'll unveil the whole thing in all its glory. Gerard has written this himself, so if you want to know how he feels about Falmouth, the M2 and vending machines, then keep watching. First up...
D is for Dickens. I lived for a while near Chatham, in Kent, which has a Dickens festival. Every year the town would fill up with Dickens characters, a very disconcerting experience, meeting Bill Sikes coming out of the Co-op, or Mr Bumble in the post office. I read all his novels while I lived there, and realised that Chatham, and its people, are actually very Dickensian.
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