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The Story Behind The “Ghosts” In All Those (Very Real) Victorian Photos

What's the deal with all those ghosts in 19th century photos? Think of it as the first Halloween meme — from centuries back.

Inverse

Victorian ghost photographs amused viewers with spooky thrills

October has long been associated with ghosts – from ancient Celtic festivals to ward off restless spirits after harvest time to the modern standby of using an old sheet to make a last-minute Halloween costume. In the middle of the 19th century, however, popular portrayals of ghosts became a year-round…

The Conversation

Lessons on the economy from 2023 and forecasts for 2024

City Voices: Why 2024 will be better than 2023

Evening Standard

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The miserly tale of how a university took its staff’s wages – and the public paid the price

Even Scrooge would marvel at Queen Mary’s pay-docking over a marking boycott. No wonder higher education is in turmoil, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

'Scrooge-like': Restaurant chain rounded for lifting staff tips in the festive period

MILLER & Carter Steakhouses has been rounded by a trade union for skimming tips off staff in the festive period.

The National (Scotland)

Scrooge’s U-turn in A Christmas Carol was not just a load of humbug

Letters: Ebenezer Scrooge’s Christmas Day conversion was far more than a one-off gesture, says Simon Callow

The Guardian - UK

Striking east London healthcare workers to stage rally in row over pay

Unite union says 'Grinch' will hand Christmas card addressed to Health Secretary over 'Scrooge' pay

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Christmas is a time for traditions. If yours is a nativity pizza, who am I to judge?

We may want tradition to be mystical and ancient but in truth it’s exactly what we say it is – be that Baileys, beef rendang or turkey and all the trimmings

The Guardian - UK

Matt LaFleur’s Case for Coach of the Year

The Packers coach’s ability to manage people has been exemplary. Plus, landing spots for Marvin Harrison Jr., Caleb Williams and Drake Maye, Bill Belichick’s future and more in this week’s mailbag.

Sports Illustrated

A Christmas Carol: this safe bet should still startle us – past, present or future

There may be comfort in the retelling of Dickens’ familiar tale, but the best adaptations show the imagination to still surprise

The Guardian - UK

It’s ahead of you! 25 festive UK shows to book for Christmas

An AI Pinocchio, Scrooge on the Cornish coast and a scouse Dick Whittington are just some of the season’s theatrical treats

The Guardian - UK

Keith Allen turns ‘self-absorbed hipster’ to play Scrooge at Christmas

The actor will play the part in the stage production at Alexandra Palace this winter

Evening Standard

'Shame on Scrooge Tories for scandalous Universal Credit raid on those who need it most'

The Department for Work and Pensions deducting an average of £62 from 2.1 million struggling households in a single month is the latest Tory scam on those who need it most

Daily Mirror

Petrofac's offshore workers begin 24-hour strike

Two separate disputes will also see workers walkout at the end of this month

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Dis Life: 'Disabled people can't afford Christmas as UK returns to Dickensian squalor'

With half of us in debt and a third skipping meals, disabled people are now back to the days of Dickens and Mr Scrooge, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Can commerce and Christmas get along?

Critics on their social media soap boxes have spent the past month loudly proclaiming that Christmas is too commercial. The nub of their complaint is that the true meaning of Christmas is lost amid the buying frenzy that marks the holiday. They claim the essence of Christmas lies not in…

Evening Standard

A Christmas Carol at Middle Temple Hall review: resistance is useless

The oak-paneled, stained glass, 14th century Middle Temple Hall feels Dickens-ier than Dickens

Daily Mirror

Greene King pub workers to strike during Christmas period over 'Scrooge' pay offer

Workers will now walk out for three days between December 21 and 23 and between December 28 and 31 and this will impact beer supplies to pubs, including IPA, Old Speckled Hen, and Abbot Ale

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The Independent UK

Union accuses Co-op of ‘Scrooge-like attitude’ as coffinmaker dispute continues

Workers at the Co-operative Funeralcare in Govan are due to start a four-day walkout on Monday,

The New Daily

The Muppet Christmas Carol turns 30: How the film became a cult classic

Among the many screen adaptations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, The Muppet Christmas Carol is unique.

Wales Online

The Muppet Christmas Carol turns 30 - how film became a cult classic

Wherever you find love, it feels like Christmas

Daily Mirror

Kids in tears as 'Scrooge' dog swallows Elf on the Shelf whole in prank gone wrong

Jessika See had set up a scene involving the elf toy and a pile of flour but when she got home from the school run he was nowhere to be seen - leaving the kids scrambling

The Conversation

The Muppet Christmas Carol turns 30: how the film became a cult classic

“Cult” is often indiscriminately applied to film and television. In Cult Movies (1981), film critic Danny Peary argued that it should be reserved for “special films which for one reason or another have been taken to heart by segments of the movie audience, cherished, protected, and most of all, enthusiastically…

Daily Mirror

'Government's treatment of disabled people at Christmas is frankly Dickensian'

When it was introduced fifty years ago, the £10 Christmas bonus from the DWP was calculated as enough to feed a family at Christmas with all the trimmings, nowadays you’ve got no chance

Wales Online

Beer drought could hit Christmas and New Year's Eve as brewery workers to strike

Brewery workers at Greene King will strike after they were offered a 3% pay rise as inflation soars above 14%

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