The bumper Christmas issue on sale this week has something for all the family. Michael Morpurgo has written a charming Christmas story and Kit Hesketh-Harvey offers a survival guide for carol services; Michael Hall writes on the history of painting snow, Stephen Cleobury chooses his favourite painting and actor James Fox dips into Downton Abbey - plus a Downton Abbey frontispiece to boot!
ALSO We look back at seasonal literature and revive the art of rearing your own ham, plus there's the Editor's Quiz, the big crossword and much, much more.
And look out for the FREE travel supplement which comes with the magazine which has some incredible travel ideas for 2014 including Burma, the Galapagos and wolf tracking in the Carpathian Mountains.
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If heaven is on earth, it might be in this home with a converted chapel that is now a swimming pool5 Wood Barton Town House is part of an exclusive 80-acre development in Devon that also comes with fishing rights on the River Avon and four bedrooms.
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An Italian-inspired recipe for lemon-butter pasta shells with spring greens, ricotta and pangrattatoSpring greens are just about to come into their own, so our Kitchen Garden columnist reveals exactly what to do with them.
