The Holly and the Ivy

Here’s a recipe for that can be used for Christmas – we use it all the year round. I prefer Gravlax to smoked salmon – it’s cheaper and very moreish. I always wait until the [more…]

Post War Britain I loved Christmas as a child: I would guess most of us did, but I am amazed and humbled when I look back at how much was achieved with how little by [more…]

The celebration of nine lessons and carols was originally devised by the then Bishop of Truro as a means of getting people out of drinking houses and into church on the evening of Christmas Eve. [more…]