talking about the Lewis Carroll Myth

All I'd have hoped we're all a bit savvy on this mailing list, but just in case you're tempted to offer help - this is a scam (and not a very good one,

I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,my family and I came down here to London, United Kingdom for a short vacation. unfortunately,we were  mugged at the

Justin, he certainly never recorded in his diary that he ever went to Llandudno. In fact Llandundo is only mentioned once in the diaries on June 30th 1863 when

Hi Keith. Thanks for your reply - though I didn't actually say Dodgson never went to Llandudno, just that most people seem to think he didn't! Personally I

As Alice falls down the rabbit hole she wonders where she might end up, she thinks she might end up in the "Antipathies". This is a reference to Australia and New Zealand, which were considered to be the Antipodes (meaning "the opposite foot") to Great Britain. Alice's musings might seem like a passing remark, but Lewis Carroll may h […]

This is a new blog dedicated to discussions and posts about Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, also known as Lewis Carroll.

The Lion and the Unicorn, from Through the Looking Glass, illustrated by Peter Newell (1902) In Chapter VII of Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, the Unicorn looks at Alice “with an air of the deepest disgust” and asks, “What – is – this?” “This is a child!” Haigha replied eagerly, coming [.. […]

"The Dodo & Given", by G. Edwards (1759) Paleontologists and artists alike may be interested to hear of a new project to further our understanding of the unfortunate Raphus cucullatus, otherwise known as the dodo. Fewer that 300 years ago the bird was strutting around Mauritius, yet today only two complete skeletons are [...]

Have you ever heard the story of how Lewis Carroll inspired the career of Staten Island photographer Alice Austen? I thought not. Read all about it in Alice Austen’s Amazing Adventures in The Wonderland of Staten Island on the official website of “The Forgotten History of Staten Island.” Before you get too worried [...]

Benedict Cumberbatch, star of BBC's Sherlock A bandersnatch was in the news today, but it was widely assumed to be a typo. The actor who plays the titular role in BBC One’s Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch, had his already-Carrollian-sounding name apparently spectacularly autocorrected by the Washington Post into “Bandersnatch Cummerbund. […]