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This year try picking a resolution which will help improve your mental rather than physical wellbeing. Here are a few ideas…

The value and the importance of bees to our lives is clear, but, worryingly, they are under threat.

During the mid 1600s, whilst the Puritans were in power, the celebration of Christmas was deemed unnecessary and the singing of carols became forbidden. But, as you might imagine, the tradition continued in secret.

Iceland’s tradition of ‘Jolabokaflod’, literally translated as the ‘Christmas Book Flood’, involves the giving of books to your loved ones on Christmas Eve, then spending the evening together reading.

To celebrate National Short Story Day which is, fittingly enough, on the shortest day of the year (December the 21st), here we look at five short stories that have captured readers’ imaginations throughout the generations.

2021 has been a great year for discovering new books and writers.

The Christmas tree has a long history, dating back much further than you might imagine.

Rather than being simply a story of death and destruction, Station Eleven is one about faith in the face of it and the ways that our links to the past are things that cannot be broken.

Is it really that big an issue in helping to tackle climate change?

Remember that a play is written to be performed – so try and see yourself as a member of the audience.