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Alistair MacNichol has been researching the walking route taken by The Old Curiosity Shop’s Little Nell and her grandfather – in preparation for recreating that walk. Here he describes his efforts to identify the route from London to Shropshire. Alistair begins the walk at the Old Curiosity Shop, LSE, on Friday 19 June 2026.

While searching online for traces of their hometown, Barakar in West Bengal, India, Sovon Dutta came across something unusual: a series of nineteenth century letters held at LSE Library. Why would LSE hold material referencing a small industrial town on the edge of the Jharkhand border? And what does it feel like to read these letters as a Barakar residen...

Meet some of the LSE alumni in politics and diplomacy in Peru, Panama and Colombia, including a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

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