The independent-minded quarterly magazine that combines good looks, good writing and a personal approach. Althought It's the shortest day/longest night of the year, it always gives me comfort that the days are getting longer. Each entry starts with a list of celebrations and holidays and has a description of the month and what to look out for in nature, beautifully written, full of wisdom and hope by Lia Leendertz. Unions: From Stimulant for the Economy to Cancer (page 86) was an essay I should have written a decade ago.

These are excellent little books, I've had several versions including the weather, and the general yearly almanac. I am the CEO at IMA, an investment firm that designs all-terrain portfolios that survive the worst markets and thrive in good ones. To become a subscriber to Slightly Foxed: The Real Reader’s Quarterly Magazine, please visit our subscriptions page. Reconnect with the seasons in Britain and Ireland with this month-by-month guide to the world around us – including key dates, tide tables and garden tasks; constellations and moon phases; sunrises, folk songs, seasonal recipes plus a ‘bun of the month’; and – because 2023 will be a good year for planet spotting – the solar system and the zodiac. The 2024 edition is the seventh in the series, and has a theme of 'the garden', with beautiful illustrations by artist Aitch.On this year’s trip, I noticed a shift in my kids: These trips have changed them, and art has become part of the internal fabric of their being. Writing this essay, examining my father’s life, inadvertently turned into an examination of my own life and a better understanding of my “why. When your behavior is misaligned with your values, when what you do day in and day out is misaligned with what you want to be and to be doing, and when the version of yourself you show to the world is very different than the real you, you will experience dissonance – an internal conflict.

Data, waypoints and contacts for all major harbours and marinas throughout the Mediterranean Sea plus Atlantic Islands. For younger bookworms – and nostalgic older ones too – there’s the Slightly Foxed Cubs series, in which we’ve reissued a number of classic nature and historical novels. Divided into the 12 months and providing practical information that gives access to the outdoors and the seasons. In short yes, this year's almanac is 100% new - in fact, nothing has been duplicated from last year.

Her reinvention of the traditional rural almanac has become an annual must-have for readers eager to connect with the seasons, appreciate the outdoors and discover ways to mark and celebrate each month. And then there's Fyodor Dostoevsky's advice in Brothers Karamazov: "Above all, don't lie to yourself. Reconnect with the seasons in Britain and Ireland with The Almanac, a month-by-month guide to the world around us. I personally don't think about the Roman Empire every day (maybe only when I think about the gradual decay of the US – okay, so maybe more often than I care to admit), but Hannah and I do think about this trip to India daily.