The landmark 2024 Christmas edition of our magazine, the largest in its 128-year history, will reveal its contents within our platform.
Get ready for the festive season with the latest issue of Our Platform, filled with captivating articles that are sure to delight and inform.
This year's Christmas double issue includes the Editor's Christmas quiz, perfect for testing your knowledge and getting into the holiday spirit.
Jonathan Self chortles at British comedy, while Deborah Nicholls-Lee dares to unveil the mysterious figure of Jack Frost. Harry Eyres urges us to give wine time to age, and John Lewis-Stempel gathers holly, once a divine diadem, now a cow's Christmas feast.
In the world of arts, Michael Billington awards accolades to the stars and scourges of the stage. Kate Green pays tribute to Dame Ninette de Valois, the 'godmother of ballet', and Laura Parker writes about ballets inspired by the natural world. Catriona Gray meets the artists capturing Nature's beauty in gold, and Melanie Johnson constructs a gingerbread house in the Kitchen Garden Cook section.
For those interested in literature, Our Platform's reviewers select their top books for 2024. Sam Leith explores childhood books we will always cherish, and Emma Hughes writes about the appeal of roast potatoes.
In the realm of politics, Minette Batters discusses the impact of Labour's family-farm tax on the agricultural sector, and Neil Buttery believes modern mince pies are pale shadows of the past. Mark Cocker writes about the feisty robin being the undisputed avian king of Christmas, and John Goodall writes an article about the saintly history of the ancient abbey church of St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Henrietta Bredin warns about the perils of operas with food and wine, and Harry Pearson takes over the world with the classic board game. Matthew Dennison discusses the magic of hanging treasured decorations, and John Lewis-Stempel ponders about the ideal rural habitation in the article "It takes a village."
The 2024 Our Platform Christmas double issue also features articles such as "A story of homeliness", "Earth stood hard as iron", "The Very Revd Jo Kelly-Moore's favorite painting", "The legacy", and "Where Britain's first saint lies."
Knitting, diamonds, and Giles Coren's treats are discussed in the Luxury section. The issue can be ordered to be posted anywhere in the world, with free shipping within the UK.
So, grab a copy of Our Platform's 2024 Christmas double issue starting from Wednesday 11 December. Don't miss out on the spirit of Christmas working its magic on a curmudgeonly baronet, as written by Kate Green in the story titled "The spirit of Christmas works its magic on a curmudgeonly baronet."
Happy reading and a merry Christmas from Our Platform!
