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A year past the death of his eccentric Uncle Erik, elderly and living alone in a grand house perched in the hills above a small Norwegian village, the

Another cold December and another descent into the catacombs of the British Library for editor Tanya Kirk, lead curator of the archives covering the seventeenth to twentieth centuries,

The last days before Christmas, the season of giving and goodwill to all, a message which Father David preaches to his sparse and indifferent congregation, the only member

The shortest day arriving as the year crawls towards its weary end before the long road back to the warmth of summer begins, the traditions of Christmas and

Jamie may not have had a conventional childhood but he had a loving one, his mother whom he adored having started the Christmas tradition of watching horror films,

“It was Christmas Eve,” Jerome K Jerome begins, before making clear he understands just how superfluous that information is: “The experienced reader knows it is Christmas Eve, without

Christmas, that magical period of the year we are all waiting for, the time of joy, carols, family, forgiveness and hope. But in reality for many it’s the