The bumper Christmas issue on sale this week has something for all the family. Michael Morpurgo has written a charming Christmas story and Kit Hesketh-Harvey offers a survival guide for carol services; Michael Hall writes on the history of painting snow, Stephen Cleobury chooses his favourite painting and actor James Fox dips into Downton Abbey - plus a Downton Abbey frontispiece to boot!
ALSO We look back at seasonal literature and revive the art of rearing your own ham, plus there's the Editor's Quiz, the big crossword and much, much more.
And look out for the FREE travel supplement which comes with the magazine which has some incredible travel ideas for 2014 including Burma, the Galapagos and wolf tracking in the Carpathian Mountains.
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Can you buy happiness? The latest list of Britain's happiest places, and what you could end up with if you moved thereCan you buy happiness? Of course not, but you can buy a nicer house in a better town... and, well, that's probably going to help quite a bit.
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Is the British Museum's attempt to save a Tudor-era pendant with links to Henry VIII proof that the institution is on the up?After years of neglect and controversy, Britain's premier cultural institution seems to be finding its feet again.
