You might be surprised to learn that there are more ghost sightings on Christmas Eve than there are at Halloween, so what better time for a ghost hunt? The festive season has always been favoured by l

Whether winter-faded ferns, the spindly harvestman or the tyrannical stare of an irate chicken, through-lines from the prehistoric to our modern age are all around us in November, says John Lewis-Stempel

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From gleaming presents to inebriating parties, discover five artists’ interpretations of the festive season

A flurry of excitement rippled through Christian social media in September when, during an interview with Innocent and Millicent Cent on the CENTTWINZ TV YouTube channel, South African pastor Joshua M

It was going to be a quiet festive season for me, just the way I liked it (I told myself). I’d gone back to spend Christmas with my parents in our small home town. This year, however, Mum and Dad were