What’s the biggest snowman ever built?

In December, the picturesque city of Tallinn becomes even more magical. Light installations and tiny illuminated trees brighten the medieval cobbled streets, while the Christmas market and its towerin

Whether you call it Christmas, Winterval or just ‘the holidays’, the period between late December and early January is cocoon time: a cessation of work and routine activities. It begins with tradition

The literary locations that inspired ten of our favourite festive stories and wintry tales, plus where to stay to enjoy them for yourself

Winter has a way of slowing life down in the gentlest of ways, setting in like a quiet spell or a morning’s frost. Days feel softer and nights longer, the darkness illuminated by the warm glow of ligh

Plants that glitter brightly under a layer of frost

Piecing together the inspirations and evolution of Mary Shelley’s famous monster