The Unexpected Gift – Amanda Brookfield
It all began so well. I’d been invited to spend two days over Christmas with my brother and his young family in their gorgeous Sussex home…
Christmas in Wad Madani – Alex Coombs
More years ago than I care to count, I spent a year in Sudan teaching English in a school in a sizeable town on the Blue Nile. Christmas shopping was tricky.
Our Christmas Traditions – Jo Bartlett
Many of the above photos and their related Christmas tradition anecdotes feature in my books. My favourite Christmas photograph is above…
Coping with Christmas (without going crackers!) – Maxine Morrey
Coming at the end of what has already been a very difficult year, here are a few tips to help get you through the season a little more calmly…
My Favourite Christmas Poem – Eleanor Porter
My favourite Christmas poem is Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Oxen’. It alludes to an old belief that on Christmas night, animals were given the gift of speech.
STRETCHING THE POINTS FOR CHRISTMAS – Wartime Recipes from Lizzie Lane
There were no rich Christmas Cakes or puddings in the shops during wartime… These are authentic recipes from Christmas 1942 courtesy of Women’s Weekly.