The Spectator

Communion in the trenches

12 December 2015 9:00 am

From ‘The Sacrament’, The Spectator, 25 December 1915: We were fairly fagged out, all of us, after a heavy day…

Letters

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Just call them Daesh Sir: I was interested to read Sam Leith’s article in which he appears to argue that…

Seasonal advice from the great and the good

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Clare Balding I love a good walk on Boxing Day followed by watching the racing at Kempton. Avoid the internet.…

‘We’ve put in a basement swimming pool.’‘We’ve put in a basement swimming pool.’

Igloo

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Newsagent

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘Hello, fire brigade? My cat is stuck up a tree…’

Cat

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Kings

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘Oh, him? That’s just Secret Santa.’

MI5

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Selfie

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘Ah, so this is the real Christmas Island.’

Easter

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Roaming

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘And have you been good?’

Good

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘They all reach that stage where they’d rather have money, don’t they?’

Money

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Snowman

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘Wow! What’s your secret?’

Wow

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Drone

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen!’

Planes

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Oven

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘Now all we need is some money.’

Saving

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘Do you mind if some students watch while I rake in loads of money and refuse to lend you any?’

Bank

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘This looks like the right place.’

Stable

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘As a junior shepherd, I refuse to attend the nativity at the weekend.’

Nativity

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘That’s over for another year — we’ve passed the annual stress test.’

Stress

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘I think next year just a little more wool of bat.’

Witches

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Bookshop

12 December 2015 9:00 am