Marley was dead to begin with. There is no doubt whatsoever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it, and ...

WHEN Charles Dickens took pen in hand to serialise the misadventures of Ebenezer Scrooge, little did he realise the world-wide impact that work would still have well over a century and a half later.

You probably already know that he was also the author of A Christmas Carol. The best version of this book, of course, is The Muppets Christmas Carol movie (don’t ...