Some 60 years ago, London was enveloped by an extraordinary fog, even by that soupy city's standards. And it wasn't just fog, it was smog, from coal furnaces and factories. It was also deadly, killing as many as 4,000 people over a four-day period.
We are looking for an industrial town near Boston where Charles Dickens traveled in his maiden America trip to see the conditions of women mill workers.
For those of you looking for hope in times of economic woe, look no further than the man who brought you "Oliver Twist."
University of Oxford English professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst says no other author can encapsulate the anxiety of our current economy better than Charles Dickens.