Festive upcycling
YOUR Advent calendar took pride of place on the door of our ‘cwpwrdd bara caws’ (Welsh for bread-and-cheese cupboard) in the kitchen and we looked forward each day to revealing the beautifully illustrated wildlife. As is the tradition in this household, we abide by the old adage of ‘waste not, want not’, and the Advent calendar pictures have been recycled to use as gift tags for next Christmas (above).
Gwyneth Jackson-Jones, Powys
The Glorious Dead
I WOULD add). The decision to bury the dead of the First World War where they fell, regardless of rank, religion or station in life, was perhaps the ultimate example of social engineering of the 20th century.
