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    How to beat the killjoys

    Nov 26, 2020 3 minutes

    BEFORE YOU SETTLE, closepacked, to a big Christmas feast in defiance of plague, be warned by St Cuthbert. Food figured prominently in Bede’s narration of his life: Cuthbert shared barley with birds; dolphins’ flesh sustained him after shipwreck; a friendly eagle supplied fish; angels bore bread “that surpasses lilies in whiteness, roses in scent, and honey in taste”.

    But when fellow monks tempted Cuthbert from his cell for what must have been a chilly Christmas picnic, he felt uneasily

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