2024.12.22

‘Inferior port, bad salads and hangovers’: newly discovered 1935 diary offers invaluable view of England’s festive past
A diary bought at auction reveals the antics of two intrepid gourmands in search of the perfect English Christmas
Sally Howard
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/22/inferior-port-bad-salads-and-hangovers-newly-discovered-1935-diary-offers-invaluable-view-of-englands-festive-past

Meanwhile, across the small pond: Thousands gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the winter solstice
Dawn of shortest day of year welcomed with drumming, chanting and singing at neolithic monument in Wiltshire
Nadeem Badshah
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/21/thousands-gather-at-stonehenge-to-celebrate-the-winter-solstice

Cory Doctorow’s prescient novella about health insurance and murder: ‘They’re going to be afraid’
The parallels between the science fiction writer’s five-year-old story and present-day events are startling
Cecilia Nowell
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/cory-doctorow-radicalized-novella-healthcare-ceo-killing

Today is my older brother's birthday! Happy Birthday!