Key events

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Key Events

ROMAN SATURNALIA

400S BCE

Starting out as a one-day event, the Ro

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28 November, 2024

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Good Food Magazine

Discover surprising festive traditions from around the world – from fondue to filipino dumplings

National Geographic Traveller (UK)

Get the party started

WORLD

Fortean Times

Wild riders and noisy ghosts

With Hallowe’en out of the way, Christmas is the next big ghostly occasion in the UK traditional calendar. But what, one may wonder, of the rest of Europe? Ghost hunter Peter Underwood called Europe “

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Christmas in the workhouse

There is something pleasant in the thought that joviality will reign to-morrow in such grim homes as London workhouses,” a reporter for the West Londoner wrote on Christmas Eve 1870. “There will be an

The English Home

People & places

Eleanor Bowmer’s new tableware Showcasing her signature quirky, colourful and delightfully kitsch style, the new Eleanor Bowmer Christmas collection from Pure Table Top is sure to raise a smile this f

MoneyWeek

Five festive markets

The Christmas market in Montreux, Switzerland, is one of the most beautiful in Europe. It is also one of the most fun. Shoppers can find everything in the 170 chalets along the shores of Lake Geneva f