With the festive season now fully upon us, the view of Friedrich Engels in a letter he wrote to Jenny Marx on 3 January 1868 seems relevant: “a lot of eating and drinking and upset stomach, and the obligatory ill humour and waste of time”.
Keith Flett
Tottenham, London
Published 26th December 2025
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A bit dyspeptic in my view. It is very possible to have a good meal on Christmas day.