Sustainable living, nature, gardening, rewilding, history
What are the twelve days of Christmas? Is it a modern invention or an old tradition? And, most importantly, is Christmas entirely over now in
As a historian, I am interested in pre-modern sources describing all aspects of human life, including health and beauty. Many medical and cosmetic recipes I
New Year is a strange festival. It is celebrated very widely and on a large scale, both privately and publicly, with parties requiring glittery outfits,
Late autumn and winter is a season for storms in northern Europe. Week after week they bring gale-force winds, snow, torrential rain and flooding. Such
Christmas food traditions evoke the Middle Ages due to the style of cooking and ceremonies associated with various dishes. The lavish use of spices and
Like several other evergreen plants, mistletoe is used to decorate homes at Christmas. It has a very long history of use in medicine, and there
