“Say What You Mean, and Mean What You Say” Conference
The University of Mons (Belgium, Europe) invites you to their conference on Alice in Wonderland, called “Say what you mean, and mean what you say”. It will take place from the 19th to the 21st of...
View ArticleAlice in Wonderland themed Easter eggs
Easter is coming up! How about decorating your eggs like Alice in Wonderland characters? In this post you can find several great ideas! You can either use boiled eggs and eat them during your Easter...
View ArticleHappy birthday, Alice!
Alice Liddell, the girl that inspired the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ tales, was born on 4 May 1852 – that’s exactly 165 years ago today. Let’s celebrate her birthday! The post Happy birthday, Alice!...
View ArticleLooking for speaker: Chess and Through the Looking Glass
The Lewis Carroll Society of the UK is looking for a speaker for a talk related to the theme of Chess in ‘Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there’. Alice’s Day is an annual event in...
View ArticleExhibition: Alice in Wonderland – themes and variations
The Guildford Museum (UK) will be showing several displays from 13 May to 8 July and from 15 July to 9 September. They will be about the several themes and variations of the famous ‘Alice’ stories. In...
View ArticleOn auction: original Tenniel pencil drawing from TTLG
On the 13th of June, Sothebys will auction an original pencil drawing made by John Tenniel for Through the Looking Glass. It is the drawing of Queen Alice standing in front of the door with the frog....
View Article“Inspired by Alice” Family Fun Day
On the 6th of August, head to the historic Guildford Castle grounds (UK) for a day of entertainment inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice! During this ‘family fun day’, there will be amongst others:...
View ArticleAlice’s Day 2017
The annual Alice’s Day in Oxford (UK) is coming up! This year this fun event will take place on 1 July. The day provides fun for the whole family, with many events taking place. There’s street theatre,...
View Article155th Anniversary of Alice in Wonderland
Exactly 155 years ago, Charles Dodgson started telling his ‘Wonderland’ tales to Alice and her sisters, during a boat trip. The story arose at 4 July 1862, and was continued on further trips with the...
View ArticleSite slow / unreachable
Lately my site has been very slow and sometimes you’ll even see a ‘503 service unavailable’ error when loading a page. This is due to a buggy third party plugin I’m using for my webshop. As I cannot...
View ArticleLecture: Off with her head! – Lewis Carroll and Violence
On the 13th of October there will be a lecture about violence in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. It will take place in London (UK). Lewis Carroll’s worlds of the imagination are...
View ArticleShop temporarily closed
Because of ongoing issues with my webshop, I had to temporarily close it down. There are some technical issues with the plugins I am using and it was slowing down the site so much, that it became...
View ArticleThird American McGee’s Alice game?
Many Alice in Wonderland fans have enjoyed the “American McGee’s Alice” game and its sequel “Alice: Madness Returns”. They are currently considering a third game, but need to convince EA to produce it....
View ArticleAlice in Wonderland clock
I just received this Alice in Wonderland themed clock in the mail. It is so beautiful that I want to show it to you! The clock was mady by RubyAliceandMe, through a technique called ‘decoupage’. It has...
View ArticleHappy Mad Hatter day!
Today is the 6th of October, or 10/6, just like the card on the Hatter’s hat. Have a great Mad Hatter day, everyone! All right, 10/6 is the US notation for the 6th of October, but everyone else in the...
View ArticleLooking-Glass day
Did you know today is the day “Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there” took place? The date is never actually mentioned in the story, but we can derive from the context that the 4th of...
View ArticleAlice’s Adventures Under Ground facsimile sold
Yesterday, a presentation copy of the first “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” facsimile was auctioned and sold at Sotheby’s. So if you wanted it, you’re too late, but I’m reproducing it here so you...
View ArticleLecture: “The Natural History of ALICE: Bats, Cats and Dormice”
After the Lewis Carroll Society’s Annual Meeting, which takes place in London, there will be a lecture that is open to all. The lecture is called “The Natural History of ALICE: Bats, Cats and Dormice”...
View ArticleDutch Lewis Carroll Society symposium
On January 12th, the Dutch Lewis Carroll Society (het Lewis Carroll Genootschap) will organize a free symposium in The Hague. This is the second symposium of the Society, which was revived in January...
View ArticleAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland’s 152th anniversary
Exactly 152 years ago today, the book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” was published. Lewis Carroll started the story during a boat trip with Alice and her sisters on the 4th of July, 1862. Later he...
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