2024.12.25

We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2024 – part one
From an exuberant mountaineering woman to a boy representing unheard refugees, here are some of the brave individuals that gave us hope
By Guardian reporters
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/25/global-development-conflict-human-rights-bolivia-gaza-tigray-rohingya-iran-ivory-coast-heroes-inspiring-people-2024

Canadian researchers trial nature trick to boost mood in winter
Volunteers asked to go about normal routine while paying more attention to natural world
Ian Sample Science editor
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/25/canadian-researchers-trial-nature-trick-to-boost-mood-in-winter

Where in the world? The Christmas travel quiz
From flags to film locations, test your travel knowledge with our fiendish picture quiz (answers at the bottom)
Gavin McOwan
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/dec/25/christmas-travel-quiz-2024

Part of Arkansas book ban law is unconstitutional, federal judge rules
Ruling rejects part of governor-backed law that imposes criminal penalties on librarians for giving ‘harmful’ material to kids
José Olivares
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/24/arkansas-book-ban-law-librarians

Interview
Katherine Parkinson on Rivals: ‘I’m just a normal 47-year-old woman who has breastfed two girls’
Zoe Williams
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/dec/25/katherine-parkinson-on-rivals-im-just-a-normal-47-year-old-woman-who-has-breastfed-two-girls

The best of the long read in 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/dec/24/the-best-of-the-long-read-in-2024

The Christmas that went wrong: I ended up in A&E with burns from my mother’s gravy
After two horrendous weeks with chickenpox and norovirus, I thought I was finally better on Christmas Day. But I had reckoned without a jug of scalding Bisto
Mike Gayle
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/25/christmas-that-went-wrong-burns-mothers-gravy

Looking to 2025.01.20: Turtle, fight, or flee?

Happy holidays, seasons greetings, etc, etc, etc.