24 DECEMBER 1988, page 30

'this Foolish Day's Solemnity'

Michael Trend investigates the attempts to have Christmas abolished EVERY year in late December, as the wits of the press scratch their heads to come up with a suitable seasonal......

One Hundred Years Ago

OUR CHILDREN I LOOKED at the happy children Who gathered around the hearth; So blithe they were, no children Could happier be on earth; With their merry plays, and their winsome......