How to find joy in January
Let’s keep the festivities going. The Christmas season doesn’t conclude until February, anyway.
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New year, same me
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that there's no point in making aspirational resolutions.
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The privilege of journeying home
Not everyone has a family to return to at Christmas. Those of us who do shouldn’t take it for granted.
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When Christmas and Chanukah collide
A blue bauble with a sparkling menorah marks the first time we attempted to blend the festivals.
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Christmas can’t save the high street
Property owners, the pandemic and Black Friday have killed the town centre.
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Christmas disease is not as festive as it sounds
The story of Stephen Christmas – for whom the clotting condition was named – highlights both medical advances and the…
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The best food gifts for Christmas
A biased guide.
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Stop complaining about January – it’s the best month
It’s not the month you want, but it’s the one you need.
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The Christmas gift of Viagra
I’ve always felt the word festive may be applied as easily to the bedroom as to bunting. Men Up proves…
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Winter Reflection: Fellowship of the flock
The pied wagtails delight in urban environments, and display a communality during the darkest, hardest months of the year.
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The psychology of why we celebrate Christmas
Nostalgia, hope and indulgence are key to human existence.
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The 10 best Christmas films of all time
Featuring Muppets, gremlins, elves and an assassin.
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Golden Mean: A parable for Christmas
A new short story by Alan Garner.
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Christmas in Hamburg
At the city’s festive markets shopping is not the objective: it is to meet friends and sip Glühwein.
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The hypocrisy of Rishi’s Right
Also this week: the power of the Nativity, and why books are like batteries.
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This year, all I want for Christmas is normality
My father will sit, happy and well, at the centre of my family’s celebrations. And that is all that matters.
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At Christmas I meet a kindred spirit – we both have more to look back on than forward to
The family’s new dog took to sitting at my feet and looking up at me, as if to say: We…
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Howard Jacobson’s Diary: Escaping an icy fate in the Highlands, celebrity-spotting in London, and my soft spot for the King
Finding poetic consolation on a quest for snow, solace and Santa.
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The Detectorists Christmas special is playful and exquisitely moving
Like every great Christmas parable, Detectorists sees how the epic and the everyday are intertwined.
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The best new films to watch this Christmas
This year’s festive offerings, from The Silent Twins to Avatar.
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