Whitby - Coast

What the Dickens? Author Dinner with Lucinda Hawksley - White Horse & Griffin

Date:
Sat 8 Nov 2025 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

About What the Dickens? Author Dinner with Lucinda Hawksley - White Horse & Griffin

Join a descendant of Dickens over a delicious dinner at The White Horse and Griffin, the original coaching inn where Dickens stayed whilst visiting Whitby.

His great, great, great granddaughter, Lucinda Hawksley, is an acclaimed biographer, author, art historian and travel writer. Her books include Victorian Christmas, Dickens and Travel, and Charles Dickens and his Circle.

Lucinda speaks around the world on Dickens, and has appeared on multiple TV documentaries and BBC radio shows on the subject, and is Patron of the Charles Dickens Museum.

The White Horse and Griffin is no stranger to famous guests. Alongside Dickens, it has hosted everyone from Captain Cook to Michael Caine.

Contact White Horse and Griffin to book.

Performances

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Saturday 8 November 7pm Free Book Now
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