The Shorthand Mysteries: with Dr. Claire Wood & Prof. Hugo Bowles
The Shorthand Mysteries: with Dr. Claire Wood & Prof. Hugo Bowles  
Podcast: Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire! 🔥
Published On: Thu Oct 12 2023
Description: Are you an unsung codebreaker? Does your knowledge and feel for Dickens mean that you could be the next person to crack some of the hieroglyphic mystery of the shorthand system that Dickens created for himself. Or are you able to trace the source of the writings that Dickens dictated to his pupil Arthur Stone …?A year ago Dominic caught up with Dr. Claire Wood & Prof. Hugo Bowles on their extraordinary Dickens Code project. Since they last spoke,  Claire and Hugo have not only won the Research Project of the Year: Times Higher Education Award but have now - for the very first time - pooled all of Dickens’ surviving shorthand manuscripts into one place in a special online exhibition entitled - Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries … Original cover headshot of Dominic Gerrard © Jane Lloyd /  Original cover headshot of Claire Wood © Claire Wood / Original cover headshot of Hugo Bowles © Hugo Bowles / Background artwork includes detail from The Tavistock Letter - MA 107.43: The Morgan Library & Museum, MA 107.43. Photography by Janny Chiu, 2018. Support the showIf you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrardThank you so much!Host: Dominic GerrardSeries Artwork: Léna GibertOriginal Music: Dominic GerrardThank you for listening!