Swedish Lussekatter
Throughout Scandinavia and especially in Sweden, 13 December – right at the heart of advent – means the celebration of Lucia. One of the most relished dates in the Swedish calendar, marking...
Throughout Scandinavia and especially in Sweden, 13 December – right at the heart of advent – means the celebration of Lucia. One of the most relished dates in the Swedish calendar, marking...
The holiday season always brings a flurry of new fragrances, and more than usual this year Guerlain is leading the way in the luxury category. October saw the launch of Ne m’Oubliez...
The Little Match Girl (‘La petite marchande d’allumettes’) 34 minutes | 8 June 1928 | France ‘From Hans Christian Andersen’s story to the screen by Jean Renoir, Catherine Hessling as Karen evokes delight...
Elvis Presley leers atop my list of the five best popular Christmas recordings. ‘Blue Christmas’, written in 1948 by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson, is ostensibly a rejoinder to ‘White Christmas’, with...
As in much of Northern Europe, so too has it been snowing in Amsterdam; some yesterday, especially yesterday evening and last night, and more today. I took a whole host of photographs...