In The Bleak Midwinter

This Christmas Day I shall dine alone, in fact hopefully, I will spend the whole day with the single person that I trust the most in the entire world, myself. No let downs, no drama, [more…]

In the church year St Stephen’s Day is traditionally the one after Christmas Day, or two days after in some places.  In the Eastern church countries which still use the Julian calendar both it and [more…]

I wanted to write a seasonal piece for GP, but I’m a totally rubbish cook so a recipe is out of the question. What could I do instead? How about a brief history of Father [more…]