So much – if not all – of our communication is digital and off the cuff these days. A quick text, a brief email, a humorous emoji under someone’s social media post. Yet Christmas is a time when ...

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Writing a Christmas made-for-TV movie may seem formulaic, but there’s no real checklist to follow. Successful writers in the genre say there are some standard practices to keep in mind, however, about ...

Whether it's Slade, Mariah Carey or Wizzard, there is a secret formula to writing a yuletide winner Cameron Henderson is a versatile journalist currently serving as Science Sorrespondent for The ...

I love Christmas – not so much how it encroaches on November, even October; but once Advent begins, I’m all in. Our tree is up, looking twinkly, and there are lights in the front garden too – tasteful ...

Drinking sherry, bingeing Downton Abbey ... how authors keep up the spirit of the season, even when writing during heatwaves and a nightmarish Christmas Christmas novels are not a new phenomenon.