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‘He wants to make our flesh creep,’ says Boris Johnson in Davos

The former prime minister also urged his audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos to "stop worrying about Kremlinology" insisting Russia will "never" use nuclear weapons

With half of us in debt and a third skipping meals, disabled people are now back to the days of Dickens and Mr Scrooge, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

The oak-paneled, stained glass, 14th century Middle Temple Hall feels Dickens-ier than Dickens

The latest adaptation of Dickens’ acclaimed novel fails to capture the magic of Scrooge’s redemption story

It is cold outside and there’s nothing quite like a hot drink to warm the cockles. In the history of British mixed concoctions, there are arguably more hot drinks than cold for one simple reason: central heating was not ubiquitous in the UK until the late 20th century. Before that,…

Classic Christmas tale is given the Parton treatment, in a saccharine musical with flashes of fun

Dolly’s new songs are good and sometimes excellent in this imperfect tryout

Top chefs blame ‘whatever we want, whenever we want it’ culture for undermining a centuries’ old festive tradition, writes Hannah Twiggs