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Winter
In this wintry poem, Diana delves into her childhood Christmases: loss, reinvention, and belonging. Continue Reading Winter
He Heard the Book Giveth Wisdom and Ate It
Quirkiness meets tradition amidst the whimsical chaos of Mierenhoop’s Fête de l’Âne, with Olivia, Santa the donkey, and a reluctant Uncle Ryan. A festive flash fiction. Continue Reading ...
War No More
Join Angela, a devoted cat sanctuary worker, as she writes an obituary for a beloved cat on Christmas eve. Joyful, witty, and touching. Continue Reading War No More
Arts & Culture, Books, Essays, Literature
Re-Reading at Christmas
“What, upon re-reading, do we find we missed before?” Thomas Stewart delves into fantasy novels, Gerald Brom, and the festive practice of re-reading your favorite book. Continue Reading ...
The Plucker, Re-Reading & Christmas
Every Christmas, for four years, I received a different book by Gerald Brom. The first was The Plucker, which is – as I like to put it – “Brom’s Toy ...
“Don’t you love farce?” The Magistrate as tragi-comic hero at the National Theatre
For an abject lesson in how to stage a classic farce, you could do a lot worse than the National Theatre’s current production of Arthur Wing Pinero’s The Magistrate. It ...
A Family Affair
Families are like boxes of chocolates. They turn up around Christmas, full of joyful truffles and pralines, and then six days and five boxes later you’re furiously sick of them ...
I Am Woman. Hear What I Want For Christmas!
This is one of the times of year that I am particularly made to notice how bad I am at being a woman. I am reminded of it in a ...
Digital Subscriptions, Letters from the Editor, Litro #112: Food
Litro #112: Food – Editor’s Letter
Food! Glorious food … we just can’t get enough of it, especially at Christmas time – on our plates, in our dreams, and especially in our books. Every December the ...