Pre-Christmas lockdown considered for English universities
The government is
considering a two-week lockdown for universities in England from 8th-22nd
December, it has been reported.
Boris Johnson has vowed to “get students home for...
And a merry christmess
It is hardly a ground-breaking revelation that Christmas is an extremely wasteful enterprise. However, due to my mum’s insistent anti-palm oil venture, this year's would be a truly green Christmas, whatever that means.
The paradoxical toxicity of the ‘January detox’
Clare Tierney explores the phenomenon of post-Christmas diet culture.
Pantomime: does it still deserve a place on the modern theatrical scene? (Oh, yes it does!)
Emily Capon argues that pantomime (when done well) still has an important place in the modern theatre.
How the Grinch Stole the Christmas Number One
Many years ago, all the good girls and boys of the United Kingdom would get a special present from Santa every Christmas – a...
Is the Christmas vac actually the worst holiday of the year?
In very simple terms,
yes: the Christmas vacation is arguably the worst of the year. It is
usually the shortest— 39 days this year. It may...
Tis the Season to be Sustainable
Tara Mewawalla provides some tips on how to have a 'Green Christmas' this year.
Santa Claus pays special visit to Oxford Children’s Hospital
Patients at Oxford Children’s Hospital received a very special visit from Father Christmas today.
Arriving in a Puma HC2 helicopter rather than his usual...
‘A bit of Bah Humbug’: Christmas in Great Expectations
Dickens is the perfect post-Christmas antidote to anyone exhausted by the festive season
The omnipresence of Christmas in the UK, from someone who didn’t celebrate it
Maybe because I didn’t grow up with Christmas, and find little personal reason to celebrate the birth of Christ.
The decline of Wonderland: festive fun or Christmas consumerism?
"Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland has become a behemoth, logistically impossible and perhaps overhyped extortionate vehicle of money wasting and consumerism."
Nothing beats a traditional German Christmas market
As any Christmas enthusiast can testify, no two Christmas markets are the same
Homelessness is not just for Christmas
Attention must be given to the problem of homelessness all year round if the issue is to be tackled.
Why The Nightmare Before Christmas is the most underrated Christmas film
The Nightmare Before Christmas says that it is fine to find a holiday dull, or to question the purpose of repeating it every year.
