SEE: Something Special #22
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read /...
Category: Themes
Global Comment’s Book Club: December 2024
We're ending the year with one of our best collections of new books, and this time we're bringing you some of the non-fiction that resonated in 2024. Perfect for reflecting and learning about the...
Three Victorian Christmas recipes to try at home – including a potato pudding
Lindsay Middleton, University of Glasgow A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in 1843 – the same year as the first Christmas card. Over the course of the 19th century, his depictions...
READ: Something Special #21
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read /...
Great Adaptations: The Virgin In The Ice by Ellis Peters on screen
This month over at Five Books For, we've been exploring wintry books that are perfect for reading on cold nights, especially if you're wrapped up warm in front of a fire. With that in mind, this...
Stuffing: The underrated star of Christmas dinner
At this time of year, conversations about what the best bits of a Christmas dinner are commonplace. For some, inexplicably, it’s the turkey. For others, the roast potatoes. For me, roasties are...
LISTEN: Something Special #20
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read /...
“We have presided over a period of real destruction and we need to think again”: Wilding review
“40 million birds had disappeared from our skies. We’ve lost 97% of all our wildflower meadows. We’ve ploughed up 75,000 miles of hedgerows. We’ve lost tens of thousands of ancient woodlands....
“Surely one of the world’s most beautiful cities”: What to do on a winter break to Barcelona
Barcelona is the perfect spot for a quick winter break (or better still, a longer break, if you have the time). The average winter temperature is 15-16°C so while it's not quite sunbathing weather,...
“A soothing mix of comfort and contemplation”: Paula by Isabel Allende
Some books break you open, and some widen your cracks to let in light. They dim the comfort of the mundane and call upon you to face your thoughts. If you’re fortunate, you meet up with those often...